HOUSEHOLD INCOMES IN CUBAN AGRICULTURE - A COMPARISON OF THE STATE, COOPERATIVE, AND PEASANT SECTORS

This article presents the results of a 1991 household income survey of the three main groups in Cuban agriculture: wage workers on state far ms, members of production co-operatives, and peasant producers. It is shown that since the 1959 revolution household income levels in the ag ricultural sector have improved dramatically, while regional differenc es have been ameliorated considerably. Households in the private secto r of Cuban agriculture have fared the best. It is also demonstrated th at agricultural households rely on multiple sources of income to gener ate their livelihood. Rather than being strictly proletarian, collecti ve, or petty commodity producers, these households are best characteri zed by the multiple class relations in which they participate.