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ABSTRACT

Received date: 04/01/2016

Accepted date: 30/03/2017

This paper is aimed to investigate the determinants of poor household income in Ca Mau province of Vietnam. Data used in the paper were of 160 observations gathered from U Minh and Cai Nuoc districts in Ca Mau province. By using the descriptive statistics and ordinary least squares model, the findings illustrated that the income of poor households in Ca Mau province of Vietnam is significantly affected by various variables from the poor households’ characteristics as well as economic issues. Such factors are the age of households’ head, cultivated land area, and earning activities and the mean of productions. Among given variables, the age of household head is inverse U-shape affecting the income of the poor households.

Keywords

Ca Mau, income, ordinary least squares, poor households

Cited as: Duy, V. Q., 2017. Determinants of poor household income in Ca Mau province, Vietnam. Can Tho University Journal of Science. Vol 5: 59-64.