DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLD LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION: A STUDY ON VILLAGES SITUATED NEAR INDO- BHUTAN BORDER OF UDALGURI DISTRICT, ASSAM

This Study is carried out in order to analyse the determinants of livelihood diversification of the inhabitants and the different aspects of socio- economic life of the people living in villages along the Indo-Bhutan border of Udalguri district so that it can come up with definite strategies to pull up the economy of this area. This study made use of both the primary and secondary information to realize the objective. To provide contrast three villages within 0-10 km of distance is selected in the first stage. Thereafter a random sample of 66 households was proportionately allocated among three villages on the basis of the total households in each village. The reference year of the survey was 2017-2018. To study the livelihood diversification an Inverse of Herfindahl- Hirschman Index is used and to study the determinants of livelihood diversification linear censored (Tobit) regression model taking index of livelihood diversification i.e. inverse of HH index as dependent variable is used in the study. It is observed in the study that EEA, SCH, DM, RBA and GEN dummy have significant impact on the livelihood diversification of the study area.