The Effect of Land Access on Livelihood Strategies Choice and its Implication toward Household Wellbeing in Land Scarce Rural Area of Soddo Zuria Woreda, Wolayita Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of land access on livelihood strategies
choice and its implication toward household wellbeing in land scarce area of soddo zuria
woreda, wolayita zone. The study has adopted a mixed research method. A multi-stage stratified
random sampling was employed to selected 203 sample household from sample kebeles. Crosssectional survey design was employed in order to collect primary and secondary data. Data
obtained from primary and secondary sources were analyzed using descriptive statistics and
regression analysis. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the different household socioeconomic, demographic and educational characteristics as well as it also showed the
relationship between dependent and independent variables using simple statistical tests such as
chi-square. Participatory wealth ranking and Alkire-Foster methods were used to categorize
households in to three wellbeing status. Accordingly 52 (25.6%), 105 (51.7%) and 46 (22.7%) of
the households were found to be categorized as well off, moderately well and not well category
of wellbeing status respectively. While the regression analysis includes ordinary least square
model, multinomial logistic regression and order logistic model that were used to examine
determinants of land access, household choice of livelihood strategies and to examine the effect
of land access, livelihood strategies and other household characteristics on wellbeing status of
the household respectively. The result of OLS model indicated that out of the total ten
explanatory variable, age of the household, native, distance to city, cooperative participation
(membership) and wellbeing status of the household were found to be significant and had
positively affect household access to land. Result from multinomial logistics regression showed
that age of the household head, total livestock endowment and land access was found to be
significant and negatively affect household diversification of livelihood strategies among other
things. Educational status, income of the household and family size were found significant and
positively affect livelihood diversification. Order logistics model result also indicated that
variables such as livelihood diversification, land access, education status of the household head,
credit receive and income of the household found to have positive influence on the household
wellbeing status, holding other things constant. The study revealed that attainment of household
wellbeing is not easy and determined by different variables. Therefore, intervention and different
livelihood diversification activities should be done by the government and concerned body with
special target to vulnerable and low income groups such as female headed, wage workers and
youth.
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Land Access, Livelihood strategies, Wellbeing