| Income sources | Maradi | Zinder | Average | χ2 | Average Significance |
| Trade | 63.1 | 11 | 44.6 | 275.83 | *** |
| Breeding | 10.6 | 58.2 | 27.6 | 284.44 | *** |
| Daily work | 42.4 | 11 | 31.2 | 115.16 | *** |
| Handicraft | 34.5 | 0.3 | 22.3 | 169.7 | *** |
| Market gardening | 0.6 | 20 | 7.5 | 136.87 | *** |
| Begging | 20.3 | 0 | 13.1 | 90.98 | *** |
| Exodus to cities Niger | 17.3 | 1 | 11.5 | 65.35 | *** |
| Exodus to Algeria | 5.5 | 0 | 3.6 | 22.37 | *** |
| Exodus to Libya | 8.4 | 0 | 5.4 | 34.39 | *** |
| Exodus to Nigeria | 10.5 | 6.4 | 9 | 5.09 | ** |
| Nothing | 5.7 | 18.7 | 10.3 | 46.16 | *** |