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Table 2 Comparison of mean incomes based on source of product (household/year, ETB)

From: Role of forest provisioning services to local livelihoods: based on relative forest income (RFI) approach in southwest Ethiopia coffee forest

Source of income

Within the group Mean

 

Between group Mean

C1

C2

C1

C2

Forest

93,559.7a

27,448.3m

 

93,559.7d

27,448.3e

Agriculture

1625.7c

39,316.2n

 

1625.7f

39,316.2g

Off-farm activities

2600c

18124o

 

2600h

18124i

Livestock

5200b

3800p

 

5200j

3800j

 

Sub total

102,985.4r

88,688.5s

  1. Mean comparison with Tukey HSD, procedure the superscripted letters from ‘a’ to ‘c’ and ‘m’ to ‘p’ indicated the mean (vertical) difference within the group but letters ‘d’ with ‘e’, ‘f’ with ‘g’, ‘h’ with ‘i’ and ‘r’ with ‘s’ specified the mean comparison, between across the category(horizontal), and the same alphabetical letters indicated no significant difference between the mean, however, different letters indicated a significant difference between the mean at 5% significant level