Rela Tlonship Betiveen Household Socio-Economic and Demograpidc Characitrlstlcs and Expenditure Per Adult in Rural Arssi
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1996-06
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Addis Ababa University
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In this paper attempt is made to explore the relationship between standard of living and
some demographic characteristics of rural households in Arssi region (now one of the zones
in Oromiya region), based on the 1981 /82 Rural Household Income Consumption and
Expenditure Survey data. By taking household consumption expenditure as an indicator of
standard of living, the thesis examines its association with household size, age composition of
members of the household, and age and sex of the head of the household . Furthermore labour
force participation level of house hold members in the working age group and school
participation level of school-age household members are considered to see their association
with the welfare of the household. Both approaches oflevel of welfare, relative standard of
living and absolute poverty are employed in the study. Descriptive. bivariate and multivariate
statistical methods of analysis are applied in the investigation.
The major findings of the study are: standard of living is negatively associated with
household size and dependency ratio . It is also non linearly associated with age of head of the
household. Sex of the head of the household is not found to have significant relationship with
standard of living. School participation leve l ha s no relationship with standard of living while
the relationship between standard of living and labour force participation is un clear. Difference
in standard of living in the Awrajas of the region is found significant. Arbagugu was found to
be the better off as compared to ChilaJo and Ticho. Compared to Arssi as a whole, Chilalo and
Ticho showed lower whereas Arbagugu showed higher standard of living. Although Chilalo
is relatively developed in terms of infrastructure and social services, the standard of living
measured by household expenditure in thi s study indicated that Arbagugu to be the better off
Awraja. One reason for this could be the higher population density in Chilalo than other
Awrajas, which might have resulted in relatively le sser land holding per household. However.
this requires further study and analysis.
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Household Socio-Economic