Demographic and Socio- Economic Determinants of Household Food Poverty in Addis Ababa, the Case of Akaki - Kaliti Sub-City
| dc.contributor.advisor | Degefa PhD, Terefe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tadesse, Ephrem | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-30T08:03:54Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:29:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-09-30T08:03:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:29:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | High rates of unemployment resulting from sluggish economic growth and low level of investment in urban centers combined with high population growth has negatively affected income earning potentials of urban residents. Even though there is long-held belief that urban population is better off, or even favored than rural populations, recent food and financial crises have highlighted the problem of urban food poverty in developing countries. Hence, the overall objective of this study was to assess the demographic and socio-economic determinants of food poverty among households in Akaki-kality Sub-city. To do so, socio- economic and demographic data obtained from Akaki- kality Sub-city Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) office were used. Foster, Greer and Thorbeck distributional measure of food poverty was employed to estimate head count ratio (food poverty situation) , food poverty gap and to assess the severity of household food poverty while econometric analysis was used to identify determinates factors of food poverty in within Sub-city. Several explanatory variables were considered including household size, dependency ratio, age of household head, sex of household head, marital status, education of household head, access to credit, health of household head and household food expenditure and food poverty as dependent variable. As the head count index shows 20.30 % of the total households are below the food poverty line. The food poverty gap and severity were 5 % and 1.9 %, respectively. The result of the regression model estimate indicates that out of the 9 factors included, five were found to have significant influence on the probability of being food poor at less than 5 % significance level. Urban population will continue to grow with its associated problems unless meaningful development interventions backed by research findings are undertaken. Further, efforts need to be made to improve the income earning capacity of households, education level with particular focus on vocational training, reduce family size with a view to reducing their dependency ratio and saving and credit access to enable them cope with food poverty | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/19229 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.title | Demographic and Socio- Economic Determinants of Household Food Poverty in Addis Ababa, the Case of Akaki - Kaliti Sub-City | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |