distribution for the whole population in Nicaragua. Table 2 expands the analysis of income distribution by grouping households according to income sources, sector of employment and geographic location.

_<u>Table 2: Income distribution in Nicaragua (2001), Income % by source, sector and location</u>_

||||<br>**self-em**|<br>**ployed**||||<br>**wag**|<br>**es**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**farm**||**n**|**on-farm**||**far**|**m**|**non-f**|**arm**||||
||**skilled**|**unskill**<br>|**capital**|**skilled**|**unskill**|**capital**|**skilled**|**unskill**|**skilled**|**unskill**<br>|**transfer a**|**utocons**|**food %**|
|**All**|0.29|6.58|3.28|1.51|9.67|7.27|0.24|11.47|10.05|23.87|19.61|6.12|51.17|
|**Poor-Urban**|0.20|2.13|0.45|1.43|15.29|4.12|0.11|10.52|6.31|33.50|23.72|2.02|54.18|
|**Poor-Rural**|0.25|14.45|3.07|0.10|5.43|1.50|0.12|22.49|1.81|14.91|20.88|14.99|56.23|
|**NPoor-Urban**|0.24|0.89|0.97|2.98|10.47|13.27|0.41|3.52|20.90|26.70|18.79|0.85|45.94|
|**NPoor_Rural**|0.61|12.70|13.36|0.68|6.69|8.35|0.22|11.90|5.18|18.39|12.97|8.94|49.76|
|**Income decile**|**(all)**|||||||||||||
|**1**|0.39|11.01|1.28|0.12|5.99|0.73|0.00|21.67|0.96|17.41|28.76|11.20|58.44|
|**2**|0.06|12.42|2.87|0.51|10.75|1.71|0.10|19.58|1.95|15.83|21.21|13.00|55.00|
|**3**|0.40|6.51|1.33|1.00|12.73|3.29|0.14|18.18|2.26|26.26|21.13|6.76|56.08|
|**4**|0.07|7.29|1.78|0.91|10.85|3.24|0.19|13.95|5.44|28.26|19.32|8.69|53.46|
|**5**|0.22|6.35|1.99|1.18|9.70|4.66|0.15|11.17|8.99|29.84|20.63|5.11|53.51|
|**6**|0.24|6.51|5.02|0.88|11.07|6.60|0.35|11.25|5.77|28.62|17.01|6.69|51.26|
|**7**|0.12|4.13|3.58|1.83|10.43|6.37|0.19|8.57|12.17|29.61|19.77|3.23|52.16|
|**8**|0.23|4.57|3.36|1.49|10.57|8.85|0.01|5.02|17.03|27.85|17.44|3.59|49.12|
|**9**|0.34|4.00|4.50|2.39|9.35|14.47|0.52|2.75|19.35|24.46|15.74|2.12|45.35|
|**10**|0.83|3.01|7.12|4.75|5.25|22.77|0.70|2.56|26.62|10.57|15.05|0.78|37.29|
|**Income decile**|**(urban)**|||||||||||||
|**1**|0.34|3.55|0.55|0.63|13.72|1.92|0.00|16.99|2.61|27.82|27.88|3.18|55.90|
|**2**|0.10|2.01|0.64|2.12|19.77|4.53|0.00|7.21|2.52|34.76|24.73|1.62|54.05|
|**3**|0.09|1.89|0.10|1.56|14.90|4.76|0.18|11.68|8.43|35.22|18.88|2.33|54.46|
|**4**|0.29|1.15|0.53|1.63|12.43|5.20|0.27|6.17|11.87|35.86|23.57|1.04|52.54|
|**5**|0.03|1.60|0.90|1.09|13.57|7.67|0.32|8.32|8.15|37.22|19.70|1.43|51.91|
|**6**|0.03|0.60|0.36|2.53|12.98|7.60|0.33|4.69|15.59|31.75|22.57|0.96|51.06|
|**7**|0.33|1.45|0.91|1.89|11.37|8.39|0.01|3.18|20.48|31.14|19.40|1.45|48.79|
|**8**|0.14|0.41|0.51|2.93|11.18|11.02|0.25|0.76|22.73|31.99|17.30|0.78|44.90|
|**9**|0.05|0.46|0.66|4.72|9.42|21.03|1.07|2.33|26.98|17.51|15.54|0.22|45.04|
|**10**|0.84|0.69|2.48|4.55|4.51|24.34|0.50|1.67|31.73|10.61|17.94|0.17|33.47|
|**Income decile**|**(rural)**|||||||||||||
|**1**|0.59|14.30|1.83|0.00|3.99|0.32|0.00|19.20|0.00|12.59|30.04|17.14|59.55|
|**2**|0.00|17.89|1.96|0.00|5.03|0.47|0.00|25.48|0.64|8.63|23.03|16.86|56.80|
|**3**|0.01|16.77|5.18|0.00|4.08|0.41|0.00|26.08|1.40|11.55|18.06|16.46|56.18|
|**4**|0.23|10.96|2.17|0.00|7.00|0.93|0.25|25.31|2.88|16.02|20.22|14.03|55.94|
|**5**|0.61|13.04|2.82|0.09|6.43|3.78|0.54|22.96|0.90|16.86|17.41|14.56|56.53|
|**6**|0.15|13.66|4.34|0.57|5.74|2.29|0.00|17.72|4.28|21.85|17.11|12.28|52.81|
|**7**|0.41|13.09|7.96|0.52|8.52|5.63|0.38|16.19|3.55|15.03|16.53|12.18|51.41|
|**8**|0.26|12.22|10.01|0.21|5.68|3.13|0.00|16.26|4.46|23.87|13.04|10.87|53.62|
|**9**|0.16|11.56|8.87|0.66|7.50|6.92|0.00|10.99|6.53|24.14|14.52|8.14|52.20|
|**10**|1.39|14.71|22.86|1.09|4.88|15.93|0.40|6.43|5.66|11.06|10.13|5.45|43.73|

For the population as a whole, non-farm unskilled wages are found to be the largest source of income, accounting for almost one-quarter of total income (see the first row of Table 2). However, there are substantial differences in these shares depending on how well-off the household is and whether the household resides in the urban or rural sector (which is a household characteristic different from that of earning a large share of income from farm activities). For the poorest decile income group, both in urban and 13