Table 1 revealed
that 56.35% of beneficiaries had household size of 6-15 members, 55.36% had at
least secondary school household size has social and economic.
Implications to household demands
and determine the poverty level of a population (Dauda 2002) thus the larger
the household membership, the higher the demands and higher the propensity to
poverty. In terms of occupation, 46.43% were either part time or full-time
farmers, while 53.57% were either traders, civil servants or artisans. In
addition majority (82.14%) beneficiaries reported their estimated annual saving
income of N10,000- N 40,000.
Only 17.85% reported estimated annual income of either |
Variable
|
Frequency
|
%
|
|
Sex
|
|
|
|
Male
|
68
|
60.71
|
|
Female
|
44
|
39.29
|
|
Marital status
|
|
|
|
Single
|
32
|
27.59
|
|
Married
|
68
|
58.63
|
|
Divorced
|
10
|
8.62
|
|
Widowed
|
6
|
5.17
|
|
Mean age (yrs)
|
|
|
|
Young (25)
|
48
|
40.68
|
|
Middle (40)
|
53
|
44.91
|
|
Old (55)
|
10
|
8.147
|
|
Mean household size
|
|
|
|
Small (3)
|
342
|
29.10
|
|
Medium (8)
|
42
|
38.18
|
|
Large(13)
|
20
|
18.18
|
|
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
|
|
|
|
Non formal Education
|
8
|
7.14
|
|
Primary
|
26
|
23.21
|
|
WASC/SSCE/GCE
|
30
|
26.79
|
|
OND/ NCE
|
32
|
28.57
|
|
HND/BA/BED/B.Sc
|
12
|
18.71
|
|
Occupation
|
|
|
|
Part –time farming
|
28
|
25
|
|
Full time farming
|
24
|
21.43
|
|
Trading
|
18
|
16.07
|
|
Civil servant
|
28
|
25
|
|
Artisan
|
14
|
12.5
|
|
Annual savings income
|
|
|
|
10,000-20,00
|
52
|
46.43
|
|
21000-30,000
|
26
|
23.21
|
|
31000-40,000
|
14
|
12.5
|
|
41000-600000
|
12
|
10.71
|
|
61000 and above
|
8
|
7.14
|
Source: field survey.