Comparing one-year recall and daily household records of livelihood activities

TY - ABST

T1 - Comparing one-year recall and daily household records of livelihood activities

AU - Larsen, Helle Overgaard

AU - Treue, Thorsten

AU - Ngaga, Yonika

AU - Kajembe, George

AU - Chamshama, Shabani

AU - Meilby, Henrik

AU - Theilade, Ida

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Rural livelihood studies in developing countries usually depend on household members’ own recollection of their income-generating activities, including extraction of environmental products, yield of agricultural crops and livestock products, wage and casual labour income, and income from business activities. In this study we examine discrepancies between activities and associated incomes(cash and subsistence) reported by sample households through interviews conducted at the end of a one-year recall period and based on daily records of livelihood activities made by the same households throughout the entire year. The study is based on data from two villages in different parts of Tanzania. Differences between results obtained using the two data collection methods varybetween activities and product categories but are in some cases considerable. This has important implications when such data are assumed to reflect the rural economic reality and thus used for policy formation and implementation.

AB - Rural livelihood studies in developing countries usually depend on household members’ own recollection of their income-generating activities, including extraction of environmental products, yield of agricultural crops and livestock products, wage and casual labour income, and income from business activities. In this study we examine discrepancies between activities and associated incomes(cash and subsistence) reported by sample households through interviews conducted at the end of a one-year recall period and based on daily records of livelihood activities made by the same households throughout the entire year. The study is based on data from two villages in different parts of Tanzania. Differences between results obtained using the two data collection methods varybetween activities and product categories but are in some cases considerable. This has important implications when such data are assumed to reflect the rural economic reality and thus used for policy formation and implementation.

M3 - Conference abstract in journal

SN - 0355-032X

VL - 45

SP - 192

JO - Scandinavian Forest Economics

JF - Scandinavian Forest Economics

T2 - Biennial Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics

Y2 - 21 May 2014 through 24 May 2014

ER -