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. 2016 Aug;46:155–168. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.06.012

Table 2.

Resource endowments of sampled households by Division in Bangladesh, 2008.

Division
All
Barisal Chittagong Dhaka Khulna Rajshahi Rangpur Sylhet
Land owned (ha farm−1) 0.37 0.27 0.29 0.36 0.30 0.24 0.43 0.31
Farm size category (% of farms)
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    Small-farm (<1.01 ha)

90.71 93.74 92.53 89.82 91.88 93.49 88.05 91.95
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    Medium-farm (1.01–3.03 ha)

8.02 5.52 6.61 8.91 7.03 5.37 9.58 6.96
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    Large-farm (>3.03 ha)

1.27 0.74 0.86 1.27 1.09 1.14 2.36 1.09
Cattle (cows and buffalos) owned (Number farm−1) 1.06 0.64 0.75 0.99 0.88 1.06 1.17 0.86
Pond ownership (% of farms) 58.57 45.27 13.46 25.50 8.39 7.12 34.58 23.90
Percent receiving loans 34.37 17.12 24.97 32.90 25.69 25.73 21.43 25.15
Percent using electricity to run machines 0.82 1.70 2.79 5.39 4.04 2.89 1.82 2.93
Paved or gravel road (sub-District level, ‘000 km)a 2.08 1.96 1.72 2.72 1.94 1.32 1.53 1.90
Number of households with members working as labourers on other farms District level (‘000) 91.37 220.95 167.71 159.12 201.45 217.75 124.35 178.15

Sources: BBS (2010), and GOB (2014a).