Abstract
Several poverty studies have been carried out in Nigeria at all levels
to reflect the poverty status using a unidimensional approach. However,
poverty is a multidimensional concept. This study therefore analysed
poverty among rural women in Oyo state using a multidimensional poverty
framework. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 180
respondents for this study. The data collected were analysed using
multiple correspondence analysis, Alkire and Foster multidimensional
poverty measures and logit regression model. The results of the
multidimensional poverty estimates showed that 68.9% of the women were
multidimensionally poor. It was also revealed that cooking fuel,
sanitation and education indicators contributed most to multidimensional
poverty among the women in the study area. Findings from the logit
regression revealed that household size, agriculture as major occupation
of women, agriculture as major occupation of household head and gender
of household head had positive and significant effects on
multidimensional poverty among the women in the study area. In
conclusion, majority of the women were poor, deprived mostly of cooking
fuel, sanitation and education. Having a secondary occupation, increase
monthly expenditure and marital status were the key determinants in
reducing poverty among the women in the study area