The name is absent

Attribute

Self-settled

Scheme-settled

Age

Older than those in schemes.

Men older than women.

Younger than the self-settled.

Men older than women.

Literacy

Less literate than those in
schemes.

Host men most literate.

More literate than self-settled, especially women.

Marital
status

Less likely to be married than
those in schemes, especially
women.

More likely to be married than those self-settled, except
for women.

House
types

Little variation with schemes,
though women had poorer
dwellings.

Little variation from self-settled dwellings.

Bikes and
radios

No one owned either; although a
few host men did.

One-quarter of the men and a few women owned one
or the other.

Blankets

Most had none; hard to buy and
used as shrouds.

Many were given blankets, though some had to sell to
buy necessities.

Gross cash
income

Men earned more than women,
though the differences were
small.

About one-fifth earned from cash
crop sale.

Men earned from livestock and
fishing. Women earned from
beer.

Men earned more than women, though the differences
were small.

About one-quarter earned from cash crop sale by both
women and men, mainly soybeans.

Men earned from livestock and fishing. Women earned
from beer.

Trees, honey, and access to good road important to
income earning.

Food and
home
products

Men more self-sufficient than in
schemes; little difference among
women.

Cassava most important
subsistence but infested by mealy
bugs. No access to grinding
mills, hence little maize.

Men more self-sufficient than self-settled; little
difference among women.

Maize most important subsistence crop; easy access to
grinding mills.

Integration
into society

Not well accepted by surrounding
villages.

About one-half wanted to return
to Angola.

Fully integrated into society, even had Zambian
registration cards.

No one wanted to return to Angola.