TY  - JOUR
T1  - Income Inequality and the Welfare of Rural Households in Imo State, Nigeria
AU - Olubunmi, I.Y. Ajani AU - Daniel, A. Babalola 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 4
IS  - 5
SP  - 221
EP  - 225
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2009.221.225
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2009.221.225
KW  - Income inequality
KW  -welfare indicators
KW  -Gini coefficient
KW  -CSUI
KW  -Imo State
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - The study was undertaken to examine the impact income inequality has on the well being of rural households in Imo State. Multistage sampling technique was used in the selection of 200 household heads. Structured interview schedule was developed to obtain information from the respondents. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Gini coefficient based decomposition, Sen’s Welfare Index and Spearman’s Rank Correlation and the Coping Strategies Use Index (CSUI). The findings shows that the average age of the household heads in the study area was 51 years with farming as major occupation. Indicators of well being used were: housing type, housing material, source of drinking water, health facility, lighting source and type of cooking materials. Results revealed that there was a low level of well being of households from the welfare indicators considered. The income inequality as reflected by the Gini coefficient (0.47) shows a moderately high level of inequality in income of the respondents. Income inequality is negatively correlated with welfare indicators. This implies that income inequality impacts negatively on the well being of members of the households.
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