PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER EB-CSDA

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 N 41,000- N 61,000 or above.  

Source: field survey.