Author

  • Faustin Habyarimana

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • South Africa

  • Temesgen Zewotir

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • South Africa

  • Shaun Ramroop

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • South Africa

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to identify the key determinants of poverty of household in Rwanda based on asset index and semi parametric modeling . The asset index for each household is established and thereafter the generalized additive mixed model is used to ascertain the key determinants of poverty of households in Rwanda. The semi parametric generalized additive mixed model allowed us to study the impact of nonlinear predictors as nonparametric and categorical predictors as parametric to the asset index. Using the Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (2010), the characteristics of households and household heads are considered. Our findings show that the level of education, gender and age of household head, region (province), size of the household (number of household members) and place of residence (urban or rural) are significant predictors of poverty of households in Rwanda.

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Habyarimana, F., Zewotir, T., & Ramroop, S. (2015). Determinants of Poverty of Households: Semi parametric Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data from Rwanda. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 7(3(J), 47-55. https://doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v7i3(J).581

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Vol. 7 No. 3(J) (2015) Brands, Crisis & Emerging Market Dynamics View issue contents

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2015-06-30

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