Income, employment and expenditure pattern of different farmers and income groups: Research conducted in West Bengal's Bardhaman district

Abstract

Due to the concentration of income in a small number of families, there is some skewness in the distribution of income in the sample. Merely 4% of the populace earns more than Rs. 400000 annually and most of the population near about 45% have income level below Rs.100000/year. The reason behind low level income generation due to low level of employment generation. Within the research region, 37.08 percent of all family members are employed. Thus, higher numbers of people are totally dependent on others. So, here, very important analysis is required that is consumption patterns of the households which will be helpful for the analysis of savings-expenditure patterns. We, know that basic need of the household is food, cloth and shelters. Lower income group households fail to save their earning or very negligible savings. They almost use all of their earnings. There are two types of consumption food consumption and non-food consumption. This study reveals how consumption pattern for different categories is changed with the changes of income.