Status, Diversity, and Traditional Uses of Homestead Gardens in Northern Bangladesh: A Means of Sustainable Biodiversity Conservation

Table 2

Description of the sample villages.

Items	Urban		Rural
	PSU* 1; (Solakia)	PSU 2 (Mohinanda)	PSU 3 (Maijkapon)	PSU 4 (Joshodol)
Location	Municipality area	Municipality area	Maijkapon union	Joshodol union
Number of households	160	124	92	110
Household size	7.08	8.03	9.20	6.57
Sampled households	20	20	20	20
Major homestead forest products	Fruits, timber, and ornamental species	Fruits, timber, firewood, and ornamental species	Fruits, timber, bamboo, firewood, and ornamental species	Fruits, timber, bamboo, firewood, and ornamental species
Main occupation	Business, services, and foreign services	Business, services, and foreign services	Agriculture, fisheries, small business, and services	Agriculture, fisheries, small business, and services

∗PSU: primary sampling unit.