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• Title:
  Determinants of Income Diversification among Support Zone Communities of Nigeria National Parks
• Creator:
  Jacob, Daniel Etim
• Description:
  This paper examined determinants of income diversification among households in support zones communities of national parks in Nigeria. This involved the use household data collected through questionnaires administered randomly among 1009 household heads in the study area. The data obtained were analyzed using probability and non-probability statistical analysis such as regression and analysis of variance to test for mean difference between parks. The result obtained indicates that majority of the household heads were male (92.57%0, between the age class of 21 – 40 years (44.90%), had non-formal education (38.16%), were farmers (65.21%), owned land (95.44%), with a household size of 1 – 5 (36.67%) and an annual income range of ₦401,000 - ₦600,000 (24.58%). Mean Simpson index of diversity showed a general low (0.375) level of income diversification among the households. Income, age, off-farm dependence, education, household size and occupation where significant (p<0.01) factors that affected households’ income diversification. The study recommends improvement in the existing infrastructures and social capital in the communities as avenues to improve the livelihood and ensure positive conservation behaviors in the study area.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 Economic and Environmental Studies;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
• Date:
  2020.12.04
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Economic and Environmental Studies; Vol 20 No 1 (53) (2020): .; 7-23;
  Economic and Environmental Studies; Vol. 20 No. 1 (53) (2020): .; 7-23;
  Economic and Environmental Studies; Tom 20 Nr 1 (53) (2020): .; 7-23;
  Economic and Environmental Studies; Том 20 № 1 (53) (2020): .; 7-23;
  Economic and Environmental Studies; Diel 20 Číslo 1 (53) (2020): .; 7-23;
  1642-2597
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego
• Relation: https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/ees/article/view/1860/2411
• Subject:
  Income diversification, Protected area, Livelihood, Poverty, Nigeria
• Identifier: https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/ees/article/view/1860
• Data provider:
  Platforma Czasopism Uniwersytetu Opolskiego
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text