An Economic Analysis of Tourism Contribution for Urban Poverty Reduction in Major Tourist Towns of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Table 3

Livelihood strategy, household income, and savings of respondents.

Means of livelihood			Average income/month/HH head (birr)			Average income/month/other members (birr)			Family saving per month (birr)
	Freq.	%	Income/HH head	Freq.	%	Income level	Freq.	%	Level	Freq.	%
Trade	43	15.0	<1,000	65	22.7	<3000	99	34.6	No saving	140	49.0
Tourism and hotel	45	15.7	1,000–3,000	100	35.0	3000–6000	106	37.1	<1000	77	26.9
Govt. employee	59	20.6	3,000–5,000	87	30.4	6000–10000	62	21.7	1000–2000	40	14.0
Private employee	47	16.4	5,000–10,000	28	9.8	>10000	19	6.6	2000–5000	23	8.0
Self-employed	75	26.2	>10,000	6	2.1				>5000	6	2.1
Wage	13	4.5		Does your household monthly income cover your expenditure?
NGO employed	4	1.4				Yes	169	59.1
						No	117	40.9

Source: Field Survey, 2021.