Spatial and gender effects on income distribution of cassava farmers
| Variable | Income share (Sk) | Gini coefficient (Gk) | Correlation with total income distribution (Rk) | Percentage contribution to total income inequality (SkGkRk/G) | Source of elasticity of total inequality (SkGkRk/G)- Sk | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gini | SE | t-value | |||||
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 0.432 | 0.537 | 0.026 | 20.65*** | 0.680 | 0.389 | −0.043 |
| Male | 0.567 | 0.541 | 0.029 | 18.66*** | 0.809 | 0.611 | 0.044 |
| Total | 0.406 | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Ibadan | 0.152 | 0.511 | 0.0353 | 14.46*** | 0.157 | 0.040 | −0.112 |
| Ogbomosho | 0.247 | 0.521 | 0.0393 | 13.25*** | 0.073 | 0.031 | −0.216 |
| Saki | 0.330 | 0.504 | 0.0245 | 20.56*** | 0.081 | 0.044 | −0.286 |
| Oyo | 0.271 | 0.498 | 0.0275 | 18.11*** | 0.710 | 0.315 | 0.044 |
| Total | 0.304 | ||||||
| Variable | Income share ( | Gini coefficient ( | Correlation with total income distribution (Rk) | Percentage contribution to total income inequality ( | Source of elasticity of total inequality ( | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gini | SE | ||||||
| Female | 0.432 | 0.537 | 0.026 | 20.65*** | 0.680 | 0.389 | −0.043 |
| Male | 0.567 | 0.541 | 0.029 | 18.66*** | 0.809 | 0.611 | 0.044 |
| Total | 0.406 | ||||||
| Ibadan | 0.152 | 0.511 | 0.0353 | 14.46*** | 0.157 | 0.040 | −0.112 |
| Ogbomosho | 0.247 | 0.521 | 0.0393 | 13.25*** | 0.073 | 0.031 | −0.216 |
| Saki | 0.330 | 0.504 | 0.0245 | 20.56*** | 0.081 | 0.044 | −0.286 |
| Oyo | 0.271 | 0.498 | 0.0275 | 18.11*** | 0.710 | 0.315 | 0.044 |
| Total | 0.304 | ||||||
Note(s): *** denotes the 1% statistical significance Source(s): Authors’ computations based on authors’ primary survey data, 2016
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