Migration and Technological Change in Rural Households: Complements or Substitutes?



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Characteristics of farm households by migration categories

Variable_______________

___________NO MIGRATION_____TEMPORARY______PERMANENT____INTERNATIONAL

Obs

Mean

St Dev.

Obs

Mean

St Dev.

Obs

Mean

St Dev.

Obs

Mean

St Dev.

Household characteristics and assets

Household size (including migrants)

2417

5,37

2,25

411

5,93

2,30

431

7,05

2,71

145

8,81

3,68

Average education level of hh. members

2417

1,85

2,15

411

0,91

1,53

431

2,85

2,63

145

3,53

2,15

Land size (acre)

2417

0,77

1,37

411

0,47

1,16

431

0,84

1,08

145

1,81

1,92

Land size (p.a.e)

2417

0,18

0,29

411

0,09

0,19

431

0,15

0,20

145

0,25

0,24

Area of land operated (acre)

2417

1,97

2,20

411

1,38

2,78

431

1,6

1,77

145

2,8

3,06

Area of irrigated land (acre)

2417

0,89

1,36

411

0,31

0,93

431

0,39

0,82

145

0,62

0,73

Cattle owned (unit)

2417

1,19

1,74

411

0,57

1,13

431

0,75

1,19

145

1,15

1,45

Cattle owned (pae)

2417

0,27

0,39

411

0,11

0,20

431

0,13

0,23

145

0,15

0,18

Average number of migrants per household

2417

0

0,00

411

1,1

0,34

431

1,3

0,61

145

1,4

0 .64

Income flows

Crop income (pae) (Taka)

2417

3212,41

4174,99

411

1259,79

6882,01

431

2125,13

3198,34

145

3865,26

6450,04

Crop income as % of tot.income

2417

38%

0,28

411

20%

0,19

431

26%

0,21

145

22%

0,20

Agricultural income b (pae)

2417

1175,25

1320,58

411

628,1

762,97

431

922,61

1317,74

145

1318,19

1680,07

Agricultural income as % of tot.income

2417

17%

0,17

411

13%

0,14

431

14%

0,15

145

9%

0,09

Off-farm income (excluding remittances) (pae)

2417

3135,85

4110,85

411

2456,27

4627,52

431

1202,28

1970,31

145

759,16

1479,74

Off-farm income as % of tot.income

2417

43,31%

0,32

411

50,13%

0,21

431

18,50%

0,24

145

6,17%

0,11

Income from pond (pae)

2417

130,27

440,80

411

104,7

182,31

431

273,11

552,61

145

431,4

683,70

Income from pond as % of tot.income

2417

2%

0,05

411

2%

0,04

431

4%

0,06

145

3%

0,04

Amount of 'temporary' remittances (pae)

2417

0

0,00

411

785,68

1342,54

431

67,66

334,45

145

22

105,20

Amount of ‘permanent’ remittances (pae)

2417

0

0,00

411

0

0,00

431

2619,19

3362,44

145

430,16

2488,83

Amount of ‘international’ remittances (pae)

2417

0

0,00

411

0

0,00

431

0

0,00

145

12842,9

34696,75

Tot. remittances as % of tot.income

2417

0

0,00

411

15%

0,14

431

39%

0,28

60%

0,24

Total gross income (pae)

2417

7626,96

6488,28

411

5194,17

11673,76

431

7185,19

5991,46

145

19665,2

37887,29

Amount of total loans from Ngos (pae)

2417

331,95

1058,65

411

121,47

456,05

431

46,89

291,73

145

23,68

174,66

% of hhs adopting HYVs of rice

2417

24,6%

0,47

411

15.5%

0,36

431

15,6%

0,36

145

18,6%

0,39

% of poor households8________________________

2417

30,04%

0,46

411

51,34%

0,50

431

36,43%

0,48

145

4,83%

0,22

Pae = per adult equivalent (including migrant members)

a) The poverty line is based on the Food Adequacy Standard and has been set at 4200 Tk per (adult male equivalent) head per annum for 1994 (see Mendola 2003)

b) Agricultural income = homestead earnings, livestock, wood, straw.

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