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In this study a comparison between the income distribution pattern of traditional farmers with that of SHahsavan tribesmen,in Mogan atea was made.
Ailtogether 49 villages were selected at random. These villages had a population of 22788 people,organized in 3200 families.
In the second stage,201 families were selected from these families, again at random. The sample families included 1473 members. All of the heads of the selected families were farmers however, this does not mean that they did not have any other source of income.
Shahsavans, who are mainly sheep—breeders, during the winter months stay in Mogan area and during summer months they move out to the Sabalan mountain range, in search of grazing lands for their animals. Shahsavans live in camps in Mogan area, where,some of them grow small parcels of land of wheat and barely.But even these farming families have to rely on the farmers for their food supplies. There were 476 SHahsavan camps from which a random sample of 59 camps were selected, each camp included about seven
families. At the second stage, one family was selected from each one of the
selected 59 camps, again at random. These families had 590 members:altogether. Data about the income and expenditure situation of the selected families
for both groups were collected by filing out especial form of questionires,
The gathered data were for the period of Mehr l353-Mehr 1354.
The average per capita income of farmers was about 6000 RL.S and this was
around ten percent more than that of Shahsavans.
Also, the lorenz curve for the SHahsavan samples,income distribution was
more skewed than that of farmer families income.