@article{Etim:164038,
      recid = {164038},
      author = {Etim, Nsikak-Abasi A. and Udoh, Edet J.},
      title = {The Determinants of Rural Poverty in Nigeria},
      journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Management and  Development (IJAMAD)},
      address = {2013-06},
      number = {1047-2016-85508},
      pages = {11},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {Most of the population of Nigeria is rural and agriculture  is
the mainstay of the impoverished people’s livelihood.  This
paper estimated the determinants of rural poverty in  Nigeria using
the Tobit regression model. Through the  multistage sampling
technique, primary data were obtained  from 150 rural farming
households using a questionnaire.  The Result of Tobit regression
analysis shows that increase  in farm income, farm size and amount
of agricultural loan  led to a decrease in the level of poverty by
0.9953, 0.1220  and 0.4016 x 10-6 respectively. Membership of
the  cooperative by household heads, ownership of certain  assets,
access to extension services, and modern farming  inputs, increase
in educational attainment and male heads  of households decreased
the likelihood of being poor.  Findings also reveal that except for
access to loan that is  elastic, the responsiveness of the probability
and  intensity of poverty to dependency ratio, farming  experience,
farm size and income are inelastic.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/164038},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.164038},
}