Measuring Poverty with Demographic Variables in Oil and Gas Polluted Crop Farms in Rivers State, Nigeria

ThankGod Peter Ojimba

International Journal of Sciences, 2014, vol. 3, issue 05, 66-79

Abstract: This study focused on measuring poverty with demographic variables in crude oil and gas polluted crop farms in Rivers State Nigeria. A total of 296 questionnaires were used for analysis. The results showed that extent of poverty (P0) on age of household heads was highest in crude oil polluted crop farms (64.20%) as compared to 53% in non-polluted and 57.80% in all crop farms surveyed. The P0 ratio on gender of household heads indicated that more male headed households were poor (72.20%) in the crude oil polluted crop farms as against 55.30% in non-polluted and 55.80% in all crop farms surveyed. The P0 measure on marital status of household heads in crude oil polluted crop farms was higher (69.10%) as compared to 49.8% in non-polluted and 59.60% in all crop farms surveyed. In conclusion, there was higher level of poverty experienced among crop farmers in crude oil and gas polluted areas in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Keywords: Household heads poverty; headcount; poverty gap; poverty severity; FGT; demographic variables; crude oil and gas polluted crop farms; Rivers State Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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