Demographic Analysis of Socioeconomic Status and Agricultural Activities in Sugh El-Chmis Alkhums 1973-2014

Abstract

Population growth is directly related to agricultural activities and socioeconomic status of the population. The aim of this study gives a general description of the demographic situation in the study area to show how the population affects water resources. Two hundred farmers were randomly selected to elicit pertinent demographic and socio-economic data through questionnaires between two different areas from the sea. Statistical package for the social sciences (spss) version 20 was used to analyze descriptive and inferential statistics. the result of this study showed the states that farmer’s socio-economic status is not homogeneous with regard to agriculture activities between two different areas from distance to the sea in “sughel-chmis is found not true. the t-test output supported the findings from group statistics, where a very small size of difference (0.0307) in mean values between northern and southern is found.