Socio economic status of crab fishers and marketers in navanthurai fishing village in Jaffna Estuary, Sri Lanka
| Autor: | U. Edrisinghe, A. Tharmine, K. Sivashanthini |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
geography.geographical_feature_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Fishing lcsh:S Primary education Estuary Livelihood Fishing village 01 natural sciences lcsh:Agriculture Financial management crab crab fishers fishery marketer socio-economic Geography Sri lanka business Socioeconomics Socioeconomic status 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Tropical Agricultural Research, Vol 29, Iss 3 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1016-1422 |
| DOI: | 10.4038/tar.v29i3.8271 |
| Popis: | The present study was carried out in Navanthurai fishing village with the objective of identifying socio economic problems related to livelihood of crab fishers and marketers. Primary data were gathered using a pre-tested questionnaire from 48 families and personal interviews. Mean age of crab fishers, retailers, auctioneers and wholesalers were 43.3, 47.5, 33 and 35.6 years, respectively. Among them, 20% of crab fishers and 12.5% of retailers have received only primary education (Grade 1 to 5) and all the wholesalers and auctioneers have completed above junior secondary education. Only 20.8% of crab fishers had their own crafts. Ownership of craft and the level of education were found to be significantly related to the income of crab fishers (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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