Additionally, while higher income Malay households are more likely to spend and have higher tobacco expenditures, affluent Chinese and households of other races are more likely to spend and to spend more on smoking, drinking and gambling. Male-headed households of all races are more likely to ...
In general, food-insecure women had lower years of education, household income and income per capita, more children and mothers as housewives. More than 50% of food-insecure women were overweight and obese than women from food-secure households (38%). Similarly, more food-insecure women (32-...
Low Income PopulationSocioeconomic StatusExpendituresBody WeightBody HeightPovertyFood SupplyThe objectives of this study were to determine the indicators and nutritional outcomes of household food insecurity among a sample of poor rural communities in Malaysia. The Radimer/Cornell Hunger and Food ...
Our cross-sectional research identifies numerous possible food security determinants relating to land tenure, use of vegetable gardens, income generation and women’s empowerment. Although we cannot conclude whether improvements in all determinants are required to improve household food security, we have ...
Additionally, while higher income Malay households are more likely to spend and have higher tobacco expenditures, affluent Chinese and households of other races are more likely to spend and to spend more on smoking, drinking and gambling. Male-headed households of all races are more likely to ...
Multivariate analysis reveals that, other factors held constant, Malay households are the most generous and Indian households the least so in giving interhousehold grants. When giving of grants is conceptualized as a consumption expenditure, granting is observed to have a relationship to income similar...
In general, food-insecure women had lower years of education, household income and income per capita, more children and mothers as housewives. More than 50% of food-insecure women were overweight and obese than women from food-secure households (38%). Similarly, more food-insecure women (32-...
Keywords: forest reliance; rural income; ethnicity; indigenous; immigrant; frontier; forest restoration 1. Introduction Rural communities in the Global South have diversified livelihood strategies; one source of income that has gained a lot of attention in recent years is forest income [1,2]. Its...
In terms of monthly income, the researcher found that the majority came from the “M40” income group, with 42.3%, while another 32.7% represented the income group of “B40”, and 25.0% were from the income earners of “T20”. The occupations of the respondents comprised four categories. ...
complex household survey; confidence interval; income distribution; inequality; sequential analysis1. Introduction Economic measures based on income levels of the residents of a specific region play an important role in social, economic and socio-economic sciences. They are used to quantify both the ...