Demographic Effect on Income of Remittance: in Reference of Nepal

Abstract

The remittance is the regular source of income of every country. Remittance is the one major source of rural people of Nepal; it has positive contribution in National income as well as poverty reduction. Socio-economic status of rural community is improved by remittance so considering this fact, the study aims to identify the effect of demographic variables on the level of income from remittance. The study was conducted in the three districts of Nepal covering the 385-remittance receiving household by using the purposive sampling technique. The structured questionnaires survey was done to collect the data. The study was based on the quantitative research design. The study found the significant effect of district, sex, education and skill on level of income. The other variables; age, caste, occupation and working country has no effect on income.