Determinants of poor household income in Ca Mau province, Vietnam

Vuong Quoc Duy *

* Corresponding author (vqduy@ctu.edu.vn)

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Received: 04 Jan 2016
Revised: 15 Jun 2016
Accepted: 30 Mar 2017
Published: 31 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.22144/ctu.jen.2017.007
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Vuong, Q. D. (2017). Determinants of poor household income in Ca Mau province, Vietnam. CTU Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development , (05), 59-64. https://doi.org/10.22144/ctu.jen.2017.007
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This paper investigates the determinants of poor household income in Ca MauprovinceofVietnam. Data used in the paper is 160 observations gathered from U Minh and Cai Nuoc districts in Ca Mau province. By using the descriptive statistics andOrdinary Least Squaremodel, the findings illustrate that the income of poor households in Ca Mau provine ofVietnamis statistically significant affected by various variables to the poor households’ characteristics as well as economical issues. Such factors are the age of households’ head, cultivated land area, and generated earning activities and the mean of productions. Among given variables, the age of household head is inverse U-shape affecting on the income of the poor households. 
Keywords: Ca Mau, income, ordinary least squares, poor households

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