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Table 5 Household distribution of microcredit, home gardens, and technical training in poverty transition groups, Cuatro Santos, Nicaragua, 2004 to 2009

From: Progress towards millennium development goal 1 in northern rural Nicaragua: Findings from a health and demographic surveillance site

Poverty transition in household (2004 to 2009)

Number of households

Microcredit

Home gardening

Technical training

Poor to non-poor

860

25.1% (216) [22.228.1]1

16.6% (143) [14.2–19.3]

12.7% (109) [10.5–15.1]

Poor to poor or extremely poor

1,714

18.9% (324) [17.020.8]

11.5% (197) [10.0–13.1]

9.3% (159) [7.9–10.7]

Extremely poor to non-poor

41

9.8% (4) [3.1–24.0]

7.3% (3) [1.9–21.0]

14.6% (6) [6.0–28.8]

Extremely poor to poor or extremely poor

258

19.0% (49) [14.5–24.4]

15.9% (41) [11.7–21.0]

12.4% (32) [8.7–17.2]

Non-poor to non-poor

818

32.5% (266) [29.335.8]

8.6% (70) [6.7–10.7]

14.8% (121) [12.4–17.4]

Non-poor to poor or extremely poor

161

21.1% (34) [15.228.3]

11.8% (19) [7.4–18.0]

9.3% (15) [5.4–15.1]

Total

3,852

893

473

442

  1. 1Data presented as percentages (n) with 95% CI. Italics indicate significant differences when 95% CI do not overlap.