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  • 标题:ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF POVERTY AMONG RURAL WOMEN IN KAGARKO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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  • 作者:Alabi O.F. ; Ariyo O.C. ; Bala U.J.
  • 期刊名称:Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:2226-1184
  • 电子版ISSN:2226-1184
  • 出版年度:2021
  • 卷号:117
  • 期号:9
  • 页码:64-70
  • DOI:10.18551/rjoas.2021-09.08
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
  • 摘要:This study examines assessment of poverty among rural women in Kagarko Local Government Area and the data was collected through well structured questionnaire from 114 respondents who were selected through a multistage sampling technique. Analytical technique used was descriptive statistics and Foster Greer Thorbecke (FGT) indices. The major poverty coping strategies used by the respondents were 78.95% collect gifts from their family members, 85.96% sell their farm produce, 87.72% pray to God in the church or mosque, 76.32% involve themselves in town development unions. 86.84% use their personal savings to cope with poverty, 71.93% of the respondents borrow from friends and relations. All the respondents were adversely affected by poverty in the study area such as 79.82% of the women had low standard of poor crude storage processing equipment, 83.3% had lack of access to funds, 64.91% had low accessibility to market, 69.30% had poor housing conditions.
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