TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Gender Analysis of Poverty Gap among Farm Families in Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria
AU - Oboh, V.U. AU - Ike, P.C. 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 4
IS  - 6
SP  - 254
EP  - 259
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2009.254.259
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2009.254.259
KW  - incidence of poverty
KW  -poverty gap
KW  -Gender analysis
KW  -poverty index
KW  -Delta state
AB  - This study was carried out to estimate poverty gap between 
  female and male headed farm families in Ukwani Local Government Area (LGA) of 
  Delta State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 7 
  out of the 10 communities that make up the LGA. From each of these selected 
  communities 10 respondents were selected from a list of farm families drawn 
  with assistance of extension officers covering the area. This gave a total sample 
  size of 70 respondents. The study was conducted in 2008. Various methods were 
  employed in analyzing the data, including descriptive statistical tools and 
  inferential statistics such as t-test and ordinary least square regression analysis. 
  Results of the study indicate that the farmers were characteristically smallholders 
  with about 50% of males and 83% of female household heads having not >1.50 
  ha of farm. On the poverty levels of the households, it was found that the core 
  poverty and moderate poverty lines for male, female and all households were 
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  x2217 and <img src="http://medwelljournals.com/fulltext/aj/2009/images/image1-2k9-254-259.gif" width="13" height="14" align="absmiddle">x3376 and <img src="http://medwelljournals.com/fulltext/aj/2009/images/image1-2k9-254-259.gif" width="13" height="14" align="absmiddle">x8146, <img src="http://medwelljournals.com/fulltext/aj/2009/images/image1-2k9-254-259.gif" width="13" height="14" align="absmiddle"> 
  x5435 and <img src="http://medwelljournals.com/fulltext/aj/2009/images/image1-2k9-254-259.gif" width="13" height="14" align="absmiddle">x6752, respectively. This 
  implies that poverty was wide spread among the farm households especially the 
  female headed ones. A test analysis to determine the effect of selected socioeconomic 
  characteristics of the household heads on their levels of poverty indicates 
  that four variables were significantly related to the household poverty levels, 
  namely level of formal education, family size, farm size and household monthly 
  income (p&le;0.05). A number of recommendations were made including the need 
  for family planning among the rural households so that they produce only the 
  number of children they can take care of to guarantee them minimum acceptable 
  standard of living.
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