According to the findings, Caroni had a smaller range of agricultural
livelihoods, more households with members working outside
the community and more households with some dependence on
non-agricultural livelihood income. Over the last generation,
households have continually moved in a direction of specializing
in singular livelihoods (e.g. oyster gathering or vegetable gardening),
usually the one with the most income potential and/or relying
on the available household manpower available. This is tied to theincreases in more household members taking up artisan, merchandizing,
skilled livelihoods (e.g. mechanics, construction, taxis) than
before and taking employment in nearby towns.