ABSTRACT
This chapter uncovers why some households are more successful in reducing deprivation by income generation activities. The analysis starts with an exploration of the relationship between household income and deprivation, and examines the possible determinants of success or failure. In order to examine whether the degree of income diversification had a significant effect on success, the chapter presents scores which are subjected to two Pearson correlation tests with average monthly household incomes and weighted aggregate deprivation scores. The chapter questions, whether it depends on engagement in a more diversified set of cash-generating activities, having fewer dependants or mobilising a greater range of labour and non-labour resources. The chapter explores the role of supply-side influences in household success. It focuses on two supply side influences in order to ascertain the extent to which cultural and social capital affected household success by virtue of their role in job attainment.
