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Table 2. Description of data

Country a Period b

District/
Province

Village(s) No of

households

No of
individuals

Household
members engaged
in non-farm
employment (%)

Traditional 121 1122 17.2

Burkina Faso Zoundwéogo Béré, Bindé, Gogo 1997 104 1002 14.1

Ethiopia Tigray Gobo Deguat 2001 17 120 36.3

Locally linked 98 874 17.7

Ethiopia Tigray Teghane 2000 20 138 17.8

Kenya Mbeere Kamugi 1997 18 164 24.5

Uganda Palissa Kakoro 1997/2000 60 572 15.6

Leakage to urban areas 107 801 26.1

Ghana Ashanti

Region

Attakrom, Nyame
Bekyere, Dyankwanta

2004 62 421

25.4

Kenya Kiambu Kibichoi, Ngaita 1997/1999 45 380 27.1

New urban links 123 508 46.8

Shengli, Xibei

China Chengdu 2002 60 221 38.8

Vietnam Hanoi Tang My 2002 63 287 54.5

Whole sample n.a. 449 3305 27.5

a Countries are grouped under the headings used in Figure 1 (see text for details).
b Period during which data were collected.