The Impact of Rural Livelihood Diversification on Household Poverty: Evidence from Jimma Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 4

Livelihood strategies by poverty status.

Livelihood diversification
Poverty status	Diversified (N = 235)	Non-diversified (N = 150)	Total (N = 385)	χ^2
	%	%	%
Non-poor (242)	39.48	23.38	62.86
Poor (143)	21.56	15.58	37.14
Total	61.04	38.96	100	2.784

∗ represents significant at 10% probability level. Computed own survey data (2019).