Determinants of the Income of Cane and Bamboo Craft Artisans: A Study in Sivsagar District of Assam

Cane and bamboo craft is one of the prominent craft of Assam which falls under village and cottage industry. It has the potentiality of creating employment opportunities as well as generating income to the households of Assam both in rural and urban areas. But due to unorganized nature, the artisans engaged in cane and bamboo craft have failed to reap the benefit from lucrative market and have to live in object poverty with very little income left in their hands. This study examines the factors determining cane and bamboo craft artisans’ income in Sivsagar district of Assam. Following multi-stage sampling technique, 51 artisans household were selected as samples. To investigate the factors which determine the income of the artisans, a multiple linear regression model has been fitted by taking income of the artisans as the dependent variable and age of the artisans, their education level, experience in handicraft activities and number of hired labour as independent variable. It is found that all the variable included in the model have positive significant influence in artisans’ income.