Dynamics of Poverty in Rural Punjab: A CaseStudy of Rural Area of Tehsil Samundri

Irum Naz, Sadia Ali and Babar Aziz

Abstract

Present study is an attempt to analyze the causes of absolute and relative poverty in Pakistan. Data for the study has been taken from a household survey in a village named 142-GB Tehsil Samundri, District Faisalabad. Its results show that 67 percent of the households are poor in absolute terms. The incidence of relative poverty is 52 percent, 62 percent and 67 percent at 50 percent, 66.6 percent and 75 percent of average per person income, respectively. Binary logistic regression analysis, using international poverty line was used to analyze the causes of both type of poverty. The results indicate that land, education, occupation, dependents, livestock and female participation are the significant determinants of absolute poverty. Furthermore, land, livestock and female participation has intensified the incidence of relative poverty, whereas education has decreased it.