Vulnerability Profile of Rural Households in South West Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examined vulnerability to poverty of households among rural households in South West Nigeria using<br />primary data from a two-wave panel survey (lean versus harvesting periods). Results showed that on the average<br />there is a 0.56 probability of entering poverty a period ahead in the region and relatively high poverty rates were<br />associated with much higher vulnerability while low poverty rates were associated with considerably low<br />vulnerability. Vulnerable households are mostly large sized with high number of dependants and characterized by<br />under aged or old, female headed, widowed household heads. They are mostly engaged in farming as their primary<br />occupation, have no or low educational attainment and are landless. The findings underscore the centrality of<br />social protection policy mechanisms as potent poverty reduction tools and necessary policy interventions to reduce<br />consumption variability through reducing exposure to risk or improving the ex post coping mechanisms of the<br />vulnerable

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