In this study, the situation of poverty and its effective factors were investigated in rural regions of Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad Province. The statistical population included rural region of province and 403 families of them have been selected using Patten sampling table and clustered multi-stag sampling technique. The results indicated that the monthly alimentary poverty line, non-alimentary poverty line and total poverty line are 337.2, 195.6 and 532.8 thousand Rails in the year of 2009 respectively. Also, head count, gap and the intensity of alimentary poverty are 31.3, 9.6 and 4 percent and proportion of capitation, gap and the severity of alimentary poverty are 32.3, 8.6 and 6.3 percent respectively. According to the results, It can be said that factors such as family dimension, proportion of persons who have income in the family, proportion of literate persons in the family, distance of the village from the center of township, use of the supporting assistances, banking facilities, ownership of land, having bath, number of rooms, ownership of tractor, social welfare and membership in cooperation were the most important factors affecting poverty in rural region of Kohgiloyeh and Boyerahmad Province.
Eftekhari, S. F., & Karami, A. A. (2014). Investigating Factors Affecting Poverty in Rural Areas of Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province. Agricultural Economics, 8(1), 139-156.
MLA
Seyed Farrokh Eftekhari; Aiat alah Karami. "Investigating Factors Affecting Poverty in Rural Areas of Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province". Agricultural Economics, 8, 1, 2014, 139-156.
HARVARD
Eftekhari, S. F., Karami, A. A. (2014). 'Investigating Factors Affecting Poverty in Rural Areas of Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province', Agricultural Economics, 8(1), pp. 139-156.
VANCOUVER
Eftekhari, S. F., Karami, A. A. Investigating Factors Affecting Poverty in Rural Areas of Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Province. Agricultural Economics, 2014; 8(1): 139-156.
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