Research Article

Economic Contribution to Local Livelihoods and Households Dependency on Dry Land Forest Products in Hammer District, Southeastern Ethiopia

Table 2

Mean annual income (in ETB) of pastoral and agropastoral households from different sources.

Sources⁢AGPAS PAS ⁢Comparison test
Mean ± SE%Mean ± SE% value (df) value

(1) Livestock income6969.75 ± 681.3754.57716.99 ± 597.362.730.79 (145)−1.85
(2) Forest income2392.55 ± 289.5118.42827.53 ± 124.622.991.38 (72)
(3) Crop income2981.21 ± 195.6623.41371.94 ± 49.211.157.98
(4) Nonfarm income424.4 ± 125.113.5385.09 ± 71.63.130.29 (145)−1.11

Total12767.9 ± 838.4912301.5 ± 666.90.43 (145)

a: Independent sample -test for difference in absolute income; the test for forest income and crop income was based on unequal variance. b: Mann–Whitney test for difference in relative income (percentage). at ; df: degree of freedom.