Rural households in Nigeria are vulnerable to shock because of their limited capacity to make informed decision on secured coping strategies which is further aggravated by some households’ specific socio-economic characteristics. Attempts were made to identify shocks being faced by households’ heads and coping strategies. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 80 respondents and well ...

This paper examines the resultant impact of environmental degradation on the temporal dynamics in between 2001 and 2006. Data for the study are from both primary and secondary sources. The primary source is the survey of selected settlements and heads of households in which a questionnaire was administered. A multi technique was employed in the selection of sample. This involves a systematic ra...

This paper examines the resultant impact of environmental degradation on the temporal dynamics in between 2001 and 2006. Data for the study are from both primary and secondary sources. The primary source is the survey of selected settlements and heads of households in which a questi technique was employed in the selection of sample. This involves a systematic random selection of 785 heads of ho...

this study aims to investigate the relationships between people?s livelihoods and the woodland resources of the ganaveh watershed in southern zagros, iran, as a basis for suggestions of strategies for sustainable management of the woodland resources and improvement of the livelihoods of people in the community. household data were collected through interviews with heads of households and member...

As cited in the constitution of the Islamic republic of Iran, it's one of the responsibilities of the government to provide appropriate housing for the people of Iran. The main aim of current study was to assess satisfaction rate of a Mehr housing residents in Fars province, southwest of Iran. Randomly selected heads of 100 households residents of Abadeh Mehr housing for at least 1 year were as...

BACKGROUND AND METHODS Roll Back Malaria set the goal of 100% of households in malaria endemic countries in Africa owning an insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN) by 2010. Zambia has used mass free distribution campaigns and distribution through antenatal care (ANC) clinics to achieve high coverage. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We conducted a probability survey of 801 households in 200...