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Using data from the Generalized Households’ Survey (GHS), this article analyzed the incidence of
multi‐dimensional poverty and its determinants in South East Nigeria. Adopting the Alkire‐Foster
methodology and the logit model, the study found that the significant predictors of poverty and
deprivation across dimensions include income (less than minimum wage), education, and con-
sumption. The result showed that based on per capita consumption expenditure, over 60 percent of the
South East population are living below the used $1.25/day. The pattern of group‐specific poverty
headcounts showed that those without formal education are poorer than those with formal education.
Seventy percent of those residents in the rural areas were found to be poor as compared with 30
percent poverty level found in the urban areas. Male‐headed households were found to be far poorer
than female‐headed households based on poverty headcounts; however, in terms of multi‐dimensional
poverty headcounts, female‐headed households are more deprived than the male‐headed households.
The result also showed that the multi‐dimensional poverty is exacerbated by being a female‐headed
household, living in rural areas with large household size. All of these were found to increase the
possibility of being multi‐dimensionally poor. The result also showed that a household with electricity
reduces the incidence of multi‐dimensional poverty. The study, therefore, recommended that the
government should pay closer attention to female‐headed households and the rural areas by providing
the basic amenities to ameliorate their socio‐economic plights. Since the availability of electricity and
other infrastructure reduces poverty incidence, it is expedient for the government to make power
(electricity) provision and other infrastructure, a major priority.
