Analyzing Demographic Context of Rural Households by Food Poverty level: A Case of Humbo District, Southern Ethiopia
Feleke Yehuwalashet Motuma *
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wolaita Sodo University, P.O.Box138, Ethiopia.
Temesgen Tadewos Zema
Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Wolaita Sodo University, P.O.Box138, Ethiopia.
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Abstract
The major objective of this study was analyzing the demographic context of rural households by food poverty level: A case of Humbo district, Southern Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, relevant data were collected through a structured interview. The generated data were computed through descriptive (frequencies, percentages, ratios, mean values, standard deviation, standard error) and t-test inferential statistics to analyze desired household characteristics to poor and non-poor categories in Humbo district. Hence, comparing with non-poor rural households, poor rural households have less average of family size in Humbo district than non-poor households showing significant difference at 1 per cent significance level. There was an insignificant mean difference between poor and non-poor concerning dependency ratio, average age household heads and the female-male ratio of rural households at 5 per cent significance level in Humbo district. Our final conclusion was that effort should be made to improve those identified the demographic factors to alleviate rural food poverty of Humbo district.
Keywords: Demographic indicators, food poverty level, Humbo district.