The paper examines the linkages between gender of household heads, education and household poverty in Nigeria between 1980 and 1996. Data analyzed were obtained from four national consumer expenditure surveys conducted in Nigeria in 1980, 1985, 1992 and 1996 by the Federal Office of Statistics. Adjustments were made for price differentials over time and across regions of the country. However, o...

The introduction of modern bioenergy alternatives is promoted to address water–energy–food (WEF) security in the rural highlands Ethiopia. While role women WEF an essential component these challenges, gender dimensions remain invisible nexus debate. This study explores impact gender-specific roles between female- and male-headed households on resources Ethiopia using agent-based modeling approa...

The emergence of child-headed households (CHH) is considered an indicator of the erosion of the traditional safety nets in sub-Saharan African countries and a direct consequence of the increasing number of orphans in the region. Using four available waves of the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Surveys (1988, 1994, 1999, 2005/2006), we find that the proportion of households with no adults remain...

BACKGROUND Source of potable water has implication on the population health. Availability of Improved Drinking Water Sources (IDWS) is a problem in developing countries, but variation exists across segments of the population. This study therefore examined the relationship between wealth status, sex of household head and source of potable water. METHODS The 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health ...

Abstract Food security remains a major sustainability challenge in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. has numerous determinants that are complex and interlinked, with one them being social capital. Social capital reflects an individual’s, household’s, or community’s networks, interactions, support systems can be mobilized times need to maintain, among others, livelihoods food security. This stud...

Abstract The frequency and intensity of climatic variables as indicators climate change have been increasingly recognised global crisis with significant impact on biodiversity, household food security gender roles. This study therefore analysed vulnerability smallholder farming households to variability in North-central Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used select 768 respon...

This study investigated the living conditions of eZakheleni informal settlement, Durban metropolis Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. The utilized data were collected with use a well-structured questionnaire through multistage sampling 255 households. descriptive results indicated low levels educational attainment, large number female headed households, high unemployment rates, inadequate sources inc...

This paper analyses factors associated with the establishment of 43 childand adolescent-headed households in Manicaland, Zimbabwe. Such households result from the rapid increase in numbers of parental deaths leading to overburdening of the capacity of relatives to fulfil their traditional role of caring for orphans. Most children living in child and adolescent headed households have had both pa...