Income Assessment of Participants of Local Livelihood Trainings

Abstract

This study assessed the effect of livelihood trainings conducted by the Research and Extension Division of the Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology (DOSCST) on the income of 90 participants from 6 barangays of Mati, San Isidro, and Manay, Davao Oriental. The respondents participated in 7 trainings conducted over a period of 3 years (1992-1995). Findings reveal that there were more participants (55 out of 90 or 61%) who practiced the newly-acquired knowledge from the trainings they attended than those who did not (35 out of 90 or 39%). Aside from increasing the income of those who attended and practiced the skills acquired, the trainings also allowed them to acquire knowledge and helped them preoccupy times which otherwise were idle. The trainings significantly influenced the increase in income of those who applied the skills acquired. This increase was up to an average of P 254.70 per month per person. There was generally no significant difference in income among respondents who differed in some socio-economic characteristics (age, sex, civil status and educational level).