Poverty is more prevalent in the rural area than the urban area. In this study, 120 rural hoseholds in Ekiti State, Nigeria were sampled in order to examine the determinants of poverty among the respondents, and their various poverty coping strategies. The result of the probit modelreaveledthat; household size, age of the household head, educational level, membership of social group, and income of the household head were the main determinants of poverty among the respondents. While, the result of poverty coping strategies shows that reducing the frequency of eating per day (11.5%), eating of less preferred food (10.9%), compulsory fasting (10.7%), seeking help from friends/relatives (9.8%) and consumption of stored products meant for planting (8.5%) were the most coping strategies in the study area. It was concluded that increase in the number of years of schooling of the respondents, having a small household size and, belonging to social group would reduce the likelihood of being poor among the respondents.
Poverty, Households, Rural,
