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             \author[1]{Dr.  Adeoti  Adetola}

             \affil[1]{  University of Ibadan, Ibadan. Nigeria.}

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\date{\small \em Received: 7 December 2011 Accepted: 5 January 2012 Published: 15 January 2012}

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The profiles and determinants of child poverty in rural Nigeria were identified using the Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 data. The multidimensional child poverty concept was applied to children under-5 years of age. In all, a total of 4,543 children were analyzed. About half of the children were male and the mean age for all the children is 29 months old.A single step Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA) was carried out to generate weights for five dimensions used in the multidimensional poverty estimations. These dimensions are safe drinking water, sanitation, housing, health and nutrition. The Alkire and Foster (2007) counting approach was applied to generate multidimensional poverty profiles for the children. When the poverty cut off K=1, 52% of the children were multidimensional poor as against 27.9% poor when k=3.This implies that when children are deprived in at least one dimension, 52% are multidimensional poor. The health and sanitation dimensions had the highest relative contribution of 38.54% and 22.58% respectively to the overall multidimensional poverty index .

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\keywords{Poverty, Under-5 children, Alkire and Foaster approach, Multiple Correspondence Analysis, logistic regression, Rural Nigeria.}

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\section[{I. Introduction}]{I. Introduction}\par
hildren are the most vulnerable in the society and poverty, especially t are such mostly affected by the incidence of hose whose ages range from 0 to 15 years. According to UNICEF, child poverty means children, who experience deprivation of the material resources needed to survive, develop and thrive, leaving them unable to enjoy their rights, achieve their full potential, or participate as full and equal member of the society. One of every three children in the developing world lacks access to basic sanitation, and one of every five has no access to safe drinking water  {\ref (UNICEF, 2009)}. About 600 million children worldwide are growing up in absolute poverty and over ten million children under-five years of age die every year  {\ref (Insights Development Research, 2005)}. Every year, nearly 10 million children die from largely preventable causes (UNICEF, 2011). These include illnesses such as pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria, as well as conflict and HIV/AIDS. Malnutrition, poor hygiene, lack of access to safe water and adequate sanitation contribute to more than half of these deaths \hyperref[b45]{(UNICEF, 2005)}. More than 90\% of child death under the age of 18 occur before the age of five \hyperref[b56]{(UNDG, 2003)}. Ninety-three percent of all under-five deaths currently occur in Africa and Asia combined and 40\% occur in just three countries: India, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. \hyperref[b45]{(UNICEF, 2008)}.\par
Children in Nigeria often face many problems such as poor health, lack of access to quality education, food and social insecurity and lack of care. In Nigeria, child poverty is typical both in urban and rural areas. Children living in rural areas are deprived of useful and beneficial resources. Mostly they have access to rivers and other surface water only, no access to modern toilets, limited access to immunizations and medical advice, living in dwelling with more than five people per room, no school attendance, no access to newspaper and other media. Nigeria among other developing countries of the world needs to tackle child poverty \hyperref[b11]{(Gordon D. et al 2003)}.\par
Majority of Nigerians are barely surviving financially with 70.2 per cent living below US\$ 1 a day  {\ref (UNDP, 2005)}. Poverty rate has increased from an average of 27 per cent in the 1980s to over 70 per cent in 2003  {\ref (African Economic Outlook, 2005)}. A national poverty survey carried out indicates that the high tropic areas have moderate poverty while the northern regions have poverty levels that are as high as 60\% \hyperref[b32]{(Odusola, 1997;}\hyperref[b34]{Okunmadewa et al., 2005}; NBS, 2009) with higher incidence in the rural areas Several authors have considered poverty using the uni-dimensional approach, only few have adopted the multidimensional approach, Estimating child poverty from a multidimensional perspective is recent and few. The different dimensions of poverty remain a challenge to choosing the appropriate poverty measure and indicators Whereas the choice of a specific poverty measure may have major consequences for poverty reduction, some measures may better identify specific poverty situations than others (Hagenaars\&Vos 1988; \hyperref[b41]{Laderchi et al., 2003)}.\par
This paper examines the incidence and determinants of child poverty in rural Nigeria.\par
It estimates poverty among children of less than five years old. Literature on child poverty considered from the multidimensional perspective in Nigeria is rare. However, various studies conducted on poverty in Nigeria in the past include World  {\ref Bank (2008)}, \hyperref[b59]{Onah (1996)}, \hyperref[b19]{Echeberi (1997)}  \hyperref[b33]{Ogwumike and Ekpeyong (1996)},  {\ref Anyanwu (l997)}, \hyperref[b32]{Odusola (1997)}, \hyperref[b20]{Englama and Bamidele (1997)}. None of them quantified the specifics of child poverty and the factors that influence it. An exception is the Global Study on Child Poverty and Disparity by UNICEF which employed the use of the MICS 2007 to examine well being in children. The Alkire and Foster methodology has an added advantage to previous multidimensional measures as it introduces a dual-cutoff identification method, while its aggregation methodology builds on the traditional FGT approach. Also, the depth and severity of poverty can be estimated using a multidimensional approach.\par
The broad objective of this paper is to examine the incidence and determinants of child poverty in rural Nigeria. The specific objectives are to:\par
? Describe the socio-economic characteristics of under-five children. ? Identify the dimensions of child poverty.\par
? Profile the poverty status of the children ? Identify the determinants of child poverty 
\section[{III. Literature Review on Child Poverty}]{III. Literature Review on Child Poverty}\par
Bristol approach adopted by the Global study (UNICEF, 2007)-aligned child poverty measurement with the child rights approach and implement indicators and cutoffs for child poverty that reflected the definition agreed in the World summit. This was used to produce a large number of child poverty estimates across a large number of developing countries \hyperref[b11]{(Gordon et al, 2003;}\hyperref[b12]{Gordon et al., 2001;} {\ref UNICEF, 2004)}. The studies used the DHS data which can be replicated with MICS data. It belongs to the counting tradition of poverty measures which reports the headcount or percentage of children who are multidimensionally poor. It has the advantage of being easy to estimate and interpret; but does not provide information on the depth and severity of poverty \hyperref[b31]{Delamonica and Minujin (2007)} and  {\ref Foster (2007, 2011)}.\par
The Alkire-Foster (AF) method (2007,2011) combines the counting approach \hyperref[b11]{(Gordon et al., 2003} with the literature on axiomatic approaches to multidimensional poverty in welfare economics \hyperref[b28]{(Bourguignon and Chakravarty, 2003;} {\ref Alkire, 2008)}. It provides multidimensional measure that reflects the intensity of poverty.It also reveals the depth and severity of multidimensional poverty.\par
Alkire S and Manuel Roche. J (2011) measured child poverty in Bangladesh using four rounds of the DHS data for the period 1997-2007 and estimated the headcount, breadth, and severity of the various dimensions of child poverty. The selected indicators for children under -five are nutrition, water, sanitation, health, shelter and information. The results show that the Alkire-Foster adjusted headcount ratio produces different ranking than the simple headcount, because it reflects the simultaneous deprivations children experience.\par
Santos Emma and Karma Ura (2008) estimated multidimensional poverty in Bhutan using the \hyperref[b1]{Alkire and Foster (2007)} methodology. With data from the Living Standard Survey, five dimensions were considered for estimation in rural and urban areas with additional two for rural areas. The study employed two alternative weighting systems: equal weights and weights derived from Gross National Happiness Survey. The dimensions considered are income, education, room availability, access to electricity and access to drinking water. For rural areas, access to roads and land ownership was 
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In Nigeria, the UNICEF study using the MICS 2007 data used both the income/consumption and the deprivation approach to estimate child poverty and deprivations. The use of the income/consumption approach is based on the premise that the household poverty affect children in those households; being the most vulnerable. However, since all indicators of poverty cannot be captured based on money-metric measures, they also adopted the deprivation approach. In the deprivation approach, the seven areas considered as very basic for child survival, growth and development are shelter, sanitation, water, information, food and nutrition, education and health. The study used a set of threshold to categorize Nigerian children into levels of deprivation. Deprivation in each of these areas exists at two levels namely severe and less severe. The term 'absolute poverty' has also been used to describe a situation where children suffer at least two deprivations. 
\section[{II. Objectives}]{II. Objectives}\par
added. The estimates are decomposed into rural and urban areas, by dimension and between districts. The results show that the contribution of each dimension is dependent on the weighting system. Also, the ranking of districts was found to be robust for a wide range of poverty cut-offs. The methodology is suggested as a potential formula for national poverty measurement as well as a tool for budget allocation among districts and dimensions.\par
Batana (2008) used the Alkire and Foster (2007) method to estimate multidimensional poverty in fourteen sub-saharan African countries. Identification of who is poor and who is not poor is based on four dimensionsassets, health, schooling and empowerment. Four main results include: Firstly, there are important cross-country differences in multidimensional poverty, Secondly, the ranking of countries based on the Alkire and Foster (2007) multidimensional poverty measure differs from the rankings based on standard welfare measures (HDI and Income poverty). Thirdly, decomposition of multidimensional poverty is more prevalent in rural than urban areas. Finally, decomposition of poverty by dimensions indicates that lack of schooling is the key contributor to multidimensional poverty.\par
Alkire and Suman (2009) applied the dual cutoff approach to study multidimensional poverty in India. They found that identified under the AF multidimensional poverty measurements were not included in india's social assistance program that targets the poor households as identified by comparing their income with official income poverty line. Alkire and Suman also illustrated the policy value of decomposable Alkire and Foster multidimensional poverty measures: to inform multisectoral planning by identifying local priorities for public investment. Based on the results, they concluded that the Alkire and foster (2007) approach can be used to access dimensions that drive multidimensional poverty in different contexts.\par
Kabubo M. et al (2010) used the DHS data for the period 1993 to 2003 to estimate multidimensional poverty for mothers and children in Kenya. Two dimensions of well being were considered in their estimation of multidimensional poverty which are assets and health. First, a composite poverty indices for asset was estimated using the MCA and secondly the multidimensional poverty indices were estimated and ordered; using the \hyperref[b1]{Alkire and Foster (2007)} methodology. The determinants of poverty was isolated by use of the bi-probit model. 
\section[{IV. Methodology a) Scope of Study}]{IV. Methodology a) Scope of Study}\par
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the ninth most populous country in the world providing habitation for 1.9\% of the world's population as at 2005. There is a forecast that this will rise to 2.2\% in 2015, and attain the sixth most populous country rank by 2050. The National Population Commission (NPC) put the population of Nigeria at about 88. \hyperref[b4]{5}   
\section[{Alkire-Foster Approach}]{Alkire-Foster Approach}\par
Alkire and Foster's (2007) methodology includes two steps: an identification method (?k) that identifies 'who is poor' by considering the range of deprivations they suffer, and an aggregation method that generates an intuitive set of poverty measures (M?) (based on traditional FGT measures) that can be broken down to target the poorest people and the dimensions in which they are most deprived. It also proposes two additional measures in the same class of multidimensional poverty measures: the adjusted poverty gap and the adjusted FGT measure, which are sensitive to the depth of deprivation in each dimension, and the inequality among the poor. 
\section[{a. The notation}]{a. The notation}\par
Let y= [y ij ] denote the n x d matrix of achievements, where n represents the number of children, d is the number of dimensions, and y ij ? 0 is the achievement of child i= 1, 2?..,n in dimension j= 1,2,?d. Each row vector y i = y i1, y i2 ,?.,y id lists child i's achievements, while each column vector y ? j = y 1j ,y 2j ,?.y nj gives the distribution of dimension j achievements across the set of children. Let z j > 0 denotes the cutoff below which a child is considered to be deprived in dimension j and let z be the row vector of dimension specific cutoff. The expression |v| denotes the sum of all the elements of any vector or matrix v, and µ(v) represents the mean of |v|, or |v| divided by the total number of elements in v.\par
For a given matrix of achievements y, it is possible to define a matrix of deprivation g 0 =[g ij 0 ] whose 60percent of the poor households (2009) typical element g ij 0 is defined by g ij 0 =1 when y i <z j, whileg ij 0 = 0 otherwise. Hence, g 0 is a n x d matrix whose ij th entry is 1 when child i is deprived in Dimension j, and 0 otherwise according to each dimension cutoff z j . From this matrix, we can construct a column vector c of deprivation counts, whose i th entry c i = |g i 0 | represents the number of deprivations suffered by child. Notice that the matrix and vector can be defined for any ordinal and cardinal variable from the matrix of achievements y.\par
Following \hyperref[b1]{Alkire and Foster (2007)}, the vector c of deprivation counts is compared against a cutoff k to identify the poor, where k = 1?d. Hence, the identification method ? is defined as ? k (y i ;z) = 1 whenever c i ? k , and ? k (y i ;z) = 0 whenever c i < k .\par
Finally, the set of children who are multidimensional poor is defined as Z k = \{i : ? k (y i ;z)\}. In other words, the method identifies as poor any child who is deprived in more than k number of dimensions. Alkire and Foster   (2007) refers to ? k as a dual cutoff method because it first applies the within dimension cutoff z j to determine who is deprived in each dimension, and then the across dimension cutoff k to determine the minimum number of deprivations for a child to be considered multidimensional poor.\par
They identify absolute poverty as those children who suffer from at least two or more deprivations (equivalent to k = 2), and as in severe deprivation those who suffer from at least one deprivation (equivalent to k = 1). Naturally, the decision regarding the across dimension cutoff depends on various factors including the number and type of indicators involved in the analysis. The Alkire-Foster method formulates more explicitly the dual cutoff method and allows us to compare the results according to different cutoff values in order to carry out sensitivity analysis.\par
The first measure to consider is the headcount ratio or the percentage of children that is poor. The headcount ratio H= H(y;z) is defined by: H=q/n\par
Where q= q(y;z) is the number of children in the set z k , as identified using ? k the dual cutoff method. \hyperref[b1]{Alkire and Foster (2007)} proposed a headcount measure that is adjusted by the average number of deprivations experienced by the poor. To this end, a censored vector of deprivation counts c k is defined so that if c i ? k , then c i (k) =c i ; and if c i < k, then c i (k) =0 . This is to say that in c(k) the count of deprivations is always zero for those children that are not poor according to the ? k dual cutoff method, while children that were identified as poor keep the original vector of deprivation counts c i . Then, c i (k)/d represents the shared possible deprivations experienced by a poor child i , and hence the average deprivations shared across the poor is given by A = |c(k`qd) Notice that this is different to \hyperref[b31]{Delamonica and Minujin (2007)}. They propose to measure the average deprivations across the whole population instead of across those who are identified as multidimensional poor. By focusing on the poor the Alkire -Foster Foster approach allows computing a final adjusted headcount ratio that satisfies the properties of decomposability and poverty focus. The (dimension) adjusted headcount ratio M 0 ( y ; z ) is given by: M 0 = HA or simply the product of the headcount ratio H and the average deprivation shared across the poor A . The (dimension) adjusted headcount ratio clearly satisfies dimensional monotonicity, since A rises when a poor child becomes deprived in an additional dimension.\par
In addition, similar to the headcount ratio H, M 0 satisfies decomposability, replication in variance, symmetry, poverty and deprivation focus, weak monotonicity, non-triviality, normalization and weak rearrangement \hyperref[b1]{(Alkire and Foster 2007}). The Bristol approach measures child poverty with the headcount An attractive property of M 0 i s that it can be decomposed by population decomposition is obtained by: M 0 (x,y;z) = n(x) M 0 (x;z)+ n(y) M 0 (y;z) n(x,y) n(x,y)\par
Where x and y are the distribution of two subgroups (x,y), the distribution obtained by merging the two; (n(x) the number of children in x ,n(y) the number of children in y , and n(x,y) the number of children in n(x,y) . In other words, the overall poverty is the weighted average of subgroup poverty levels, where weights are subgroup population shares. This decomposition can be extended to any number of subgroups. In addition, it is also possible to break down overall multidimensional poverty measure to reveal the contribution of each dimension j to it. Once the identification step has been completed a censored matrix of deprivations g 0 (k) is defined whose typical entry is given by g 0 ij (k) = g ij 0 for every i satisfying c i ? k , while g 0 ij (k) for i with c i < k . Then, M 0 (y;z)can be breakdown into dimensional groups as:M 0 (x,z) = ? j µ (g 0j 0 (k))/d\par
Consequently, (1/d) µ (g 0j 0 (k)/M 0 (y;z) can be interpreted as the post-identification contribution of dimension j to overall multidimensional poverty. \par
(5) multidimensional poverty. 
\section[{subgroup.}]{subgroup.}\par
The ratio H which is not sensitive to the breadth of In this methodology, the deprivation cutoffs zj and the poverty cutoff k are considered.\par
The dual cutoffs in this approach are quite different from one another. Cutoffs like zj have long been used to identify deprivations in a dimension of interest. Consequently, in many variables there is a general understanding of what a given cutoff level means and how to go about selecting it  {\ref (Sen (1981)}, \hyperref[b50]{Ravallion (1994)}, \hyperref[b25]{Foster and Sen (1997)}, \hyperref[b28]{Bourguignon and Chakravarty (2003)}, and \hyperref[b24]{Foster (2006)}. To be sure, any specific choice of z, no matter how well grounded, is somewhat arbitrary and should be subject to robustness tests -say, by evaluating poverty levels for a grid of nearby cutoffs \hyperref[b18]{(Duclos et al., 2007)}. But selecting reasonable levels for z should not be an unduly taxing exercise. The poverty cutoff k, by comparison, may seem less tangible, since it resides in the space between dimensions rather than within a specific domain. This sense is reinforced by the relative lack of attention that has been paid to the identification step: apart from the union and intersection approaches, specific multidimensional identification procedures are not typically given in the literature. But the identification solution to identification that can be readily grasped, especially in the equal-weighted 'counting' case that focuses on the number of dimensions in which people are deprived. A person with a greater multiplicity of deprivations is given higher priority than someone with only one or two deprivations; setting k establishes the minimum eligibility criteria for poverty in terms of breadth of deprivation and reflects a judgment regarding the maximally acceptable multiplicity of deprivations. The choice of k could therefore be a normative one, with k reflecting the minimum deprivation count required to be considered poor in a specific context under consideration.\par
There may also be a role for empirical evidence in the setting of k. If studies were to reveal that persons enjoying six functionings tended not to value a seventh, this might suggest setting a cutoff at a k of two or more dimensions rather than using the union approach.\par
The value of k could also be chosen to reflect specific priorities and policy goals. In this sense, the for identification constellations \hyperref[b36]{(Nolan and Whelan (1996)}.Thus, the choice of k can be a useful policy tool. Source: United Nations (2003).\par
One challenge with the construction of multidimensional poverty indices is the choice of weights, yet the ordering of wellbeing bundles can be very sensitive to the choice of weights \hyperref[b30]{(Decancq and Lugo, 2008)}. The weights determine the respective value of the different attribute (i.e.) intensity with which a chosen variable contributes to explaining poverty. Therefore, each attribute may be assigned different weights. The main methods of weighting proposed in the literature include equal weights, frequency -based weights, most favorable weights, multivariate statistical weights (e.g. the principal component analysis \hyperref[b62]{(Rahman et al., 2003;}\hyperref[b49]{Ram, 1982;}\hyperref[b55]{Slottje, 1991)}, Multiple Correspondence analysis), regression based weights and normative weights \hyperref[b30]{(Decancq and Lugo, 2008)}. None of these methods has been proved the best, and most approaches to poverty measurements do not provide suitable methods to address the weighting issue. Instead, they give the latitude to assign weights to each dimension in a normative way \hyperref[b27]{(Batana, 2008)}. Caution is however advanced on the trade-offs that arise from using different weighting methods and the need for The dimensions and cutoffs in this paper is presented in Table \hyperref[tab_1]{1}. a broad range of weights and poverty cutoff allow value of weights on poverty indices. \hyperref[b30]{(Decancq and Lugo, 2008}) the most commonly used approach is the equal weighting. Though convenient, equal weighting is far from uncontroversial (Decancq and Lugo, 2008; Alkire and Foster, 2007.According to  {\ref Atkinson (2003)}, equal weights is an arbitrary normative weighting system that is appropriate in some but not in all situations.\par
MCA is the application of the simple correspondence analysis (CA) algorithm to multivariate categorical data coded in the form of an indicator matrix or a Burt matrix. It consists of exploring the internal structure of a covariance matrix while producing an additive decreasing disaggregation of the total variance (inertia) of the matrix. MCA was designed to improve on the PCA procedure when the latter loses its parametric estimation optimal properties and to provide more powerful tools for describing the hidden structure in a set of qualitative variables \hyperref[b10]{(Asselin, 2009)}. It is therefore appropriate for the analysis of categorical assets data.\par
The weights associated to the indicators are determined by a Multiple Components Analysis (MCA) like authors such as Asselin (2002); Ki et al  {\ref (2005)} and Foko et al,  {\ref (2007)}. First, all the variables are returned categorical and the modalities of every categorical variable are transformed in binary indicators taking, 1 if the individual has the considered modality and 0 otherwise. The weights are derived by dividing the factorial scores by the first eigenvalue.\par
The logistic model formula is as follows: P = Z = ß 0 + ß1X 1 + ß 2 X 2 + ß 3 X 3 +?.. ?.ß?K y The variable z is the measure of the total contribution of all risk factors used in the model.Here, ß 0 is the intercept (constant), and ß 1 , ß 2 , ß 3 to ß k are the regression coefficients of the predictor variables, X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , and X k respectively. The computed p value or ? (z) is the probability of a particular outcome in the presence of the risk factors with the value range of 0 to 1. If P is a probability then P/ (1-P) gives the corresponding odds \hyperref[b60]{(Pallant, 2007;}\hyperref[b13]{Green \& Salkind, 2005;}\hyperref[b15]{Hosmer \& Lemeshow, 2000)}.Y i = x i ?+ ? i\textbf{(7)}\par
Where:\par
y i : denotes the dichotomous qualitative variable x i : denotes the vector of predictor variables ?: denotes vector of parameters u i : denotes the residuals (errors)\par
The binary variable (poor or non-poor) expression is defined as follows:0 is y i Z 1 is y i ? Z (8)\par
The estimation is given by:L(y, x i ?)= ? [ 1 1+ ( ?????? ???? ??) ?? ??=?? ) 1-yi [ ?????? (????? ??) 1+ ?????? ( ???? ??) ) yi\textbf{(9)}\par
The predictor variables are into four categories: Child characteristics-age of child(X 1 ), sex of child(X 2 ); Parent characteristics-Mother's educational attainment(X 3 ), Father's educational attainment(X 4 ), Father's occupation(X 5 ); Household characteristics-Gender of household head (X 6 ), age of household head(X 7 ), age squared(X 8 ), wealth index(X 9 ), household size(X 10 ), household size squared(X 11 ), number of women who had first child at 16 years(X 12 ); Community characteristics -region (X 13 ), ethnicity(X 14 ), presence of health facility (X 15 ). 
\section[{V. Results and Discussion}]{V. Results and Discussion} 
\section[{a) Child Socio-economic Characteristics}]{a) Child Socio-economic Characteristics}\par
This section presents the socio-economic characteristics of under-5 children in households of rural Nigeria. The characteristics considered are the gender and age in months of the children. The details are presented in the sub-sections below. 
\section[{Gender}]{Gender}\par
The table 2 below reveals that both male and female children were evenly distributed among households with 50.4\% and 49.6\% respectively. Year i.\par
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The Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA)\par
iii. 
\section[{Logistic Regression}]{Logistic Regression}\par
> Age   
\section[{c) Child Poverty Estimates}]{c) Child Poverty Estimates}\par
The multidimensional poverty estimates are based on five dimensions: Safe drinking water, Sanitation, Housing, Health and Nutrition. Estimation on child deprivation in these dimensions with different weights assigned as generated by the MCA were conducted. The number of dimensions in which a child must be deprived, a second cut off k, was set below which a child is considered poor.\par
Table \hyperref[tab_5]{5} presents the estimated poverty index based on the value of the cut -off, k. It can be observed from the table that the poverty measures decreases with the level of k. This agrees with the findings of \hyperref[b27]{Batana, (2008)}. With the number of deprivations experienced by the children K equals 1, the head count ratio H is 90.9\% compared to 36.6\% for k=3.This is similar to head count ratio of Bangladesh that showed 96\% of the children multidimensional poor for K=1 \hyperref[b11]{(Gordon et al, 2003)}. The adjusted headcount ratio also suggests that 52\% and 27.9\% for k=1 and k=3 respectively; of the children are poor. A similar result was reported for children in Bangladesh in which 48.7\% and 40\% of children are multidimensional poor for k =1 and k= 3 respectively (Alkire, S. and Roche, J. (2011). Kabubo-Mariara et al., (2010) also found a slightly different results for rural children in Kenya in which 27.2\% and 5.9\% for k=1 and k=3 respectively. The intensity of poverty shows that the share of dimensions in which the poor are deprived increases with k. Although, the multidimensional child poverty index is decreasing, it is because the number of children that are poor is reducing but the intensity of poverty among the poor is increasing. This agrees with the findings of  {\ref Alkire et al, (2011)} where they posited that in Lesotho, Kenya and Nigeria, reduction in MPI is achieved by reduction in headcount and barely by reduction in intensity of poverty. The average deprivation among the poor who experience at least a dimension is 2.86 dimensions and among children who experience at least 3 dimensions (k=3) it is 3.81. This is consistent with the findings of Alkire, S. and Roche, J. (2011) in which the average deprivation among children was 3.03 for k=1 and 3.67 for k=3.  
\section[{Contribution of Dimension to MPI}]{Contribution of Dimension to MPI}\par
The relative contribution of the various dimensions to overall multidimensional poverty is shown in table \hyperref[tab_6]{6}. The results suggest that the highest contribution is from health dimension with 38.5\% at K=1. This is followed by the sanitation dimension with 22.5\% at k= 1 while nutrition contributed least with 8.63\%. Similar result is reported at k=3. This finding implies that sanitation and health of children should be a policy target to reduce child poverty.  
\section[{Decomposition of multidimensional poverty indices by region}]{Decomposition of multidimensional poverty indices by region}\par
The results in table \hyperref[tab_7]{7} show that south west contributes the highest to multidimensional poverty indices (25.6\%) followed by North West (19. 2\%) at k=1. Kabubo, M. et al 2010 opined that it is however difficult to order regions at all possible cut-offs, the disparity between the rankin gs by indices and contribution is due to the relative differences in the region's population shares. The southern regions however contributed the highest to the overall MPI with 56.1\% as against the northern regions with 44\%. This is consistent with the National report by UNICEF(  {\ref 2008} ii.\par
Nigeria which reported that intriguingly, poverty among households with children in the southern geopolitical zones (54.4 \%) was much higher than in the North with 55.2\%. The decomposition of poverty by gender of child for all possible poverty cut-offs shows that males contributed more to the overall multidimensional poverty than female, though the difference is marginal. The gender differentials are presented in table \hyperref[tab_8]{8}. The percentage of male and female children that are poor at k=1 is 52.6\% for male and 51.7\% for female while it is 28.4\% for male and 27.3\% for female at k=3,. This is consistent with the findings on child poverty in kenya by Kabubo -Mariara et al 2010 .However, the intensity of poverty is lower for male children than female.   
\section[{Effect of Child Characteristics on Poverty}]{Effect of Child Characteristics on Poverty}\par
The coefficients for different age categories of the child are significant and were statistically different from zero at 1\%. The variables however are negatively i. correlated with the probability of a child being poor. This shows that as a child's age increases (0-9 months to next age category), the probability of the child being poor decreases. The estimated marginal effect shows that the likelihood of a child within the age of 30-39 months being multidimensional poor is reduced by 0.19 percentage points. 
\section[{Global}]{Global} 
\section[{Effect of Parent Characteristics on Poverty}]{Effect of Parent Characteristics on Poverty}\par
Households with women having secondary education have a negative coefficient and significant at 5\%. The negative coefficient implies that the probability of a child being poor decreases with the level of education of the mother. A mother with a higher class of education reduces the likelihood of being multidimensional poor by 0.03 percentage points.\par
Also, a father with secondary education (significant at 5\%) lowers the probability of a child being poor. A father with a secondary education has a higher marginal impact of reducing the likelihood of being multidimensional poor by 0.05 percentage points. This shows that child poverty decreases with the level of education of the parents as also reported by  {\ref Apata et al (2010)} in a study carried out in rural South-west Nigeria. This agrees with the findings of Bastos et al, (2009) that education increases the stock of human capital, which in turn increases labour productivity and wages. Since labour is by far the most important asset of the poor, increasing the education of the poor will tend to reduce vicious cycle of poverty. Also, Palmer-Jones and \hyperref[b61]{Sen (2003)} found that in rural India, households where the primary wage-earner has received no formal education or only had up to primary level, they are more likely to be poor than households whose earning members have attended secondary school and beyond.\par
With respect to the occupation of household heads, the probability of a child being poor decreases with parents engaged in skilled, service jobs and other un-skilled occupation as shown by the negative correlation rather than in agriculture which has a positive relationship with the probability of the child being multidimensional poor. This is similar to the findings of Anyawu, (2010) in Nigeria that type of occupation has a high correlation with poverty. For household heads that are agriculture-employees, likelihood of child being multidimensional poor increases by 0.02 percentage points while those engaged in service job further reduces the impact of the child being multidimensional poor by 0.04 percentage points. It can be said that the occupation of the household head represents an important resource for the well-being of household members. This is further supported by Southgate, (2007) that asserted that the impact of the household head being primarily involved in agriculture is linked to the notion that poverty rates, hunger, and malnutrition are higher in the rural areas and among folks that depend primarily on agriculture for their livelihoods. 
\section[{Effect of Household characteristics on Poverty}]{Effect of Household characteristics on Poverty}\par
The probability of a child being poor is lower when the household head is a male rather being a female. A female headed household had a positive correlation with the likelihood of being multidimensional poor and significant at 1\%. Similar to this finding is the study carried out in rural south-west Nigeria by Apata, et al (2010) that female headed households had a higher probability of staying below the poverty line as further supported by World Bank, (1999) which reported that female headed household has been identified as the poorer group.\par
The estimated marginal effect shows that a child living in a female headed household increases the likelihood of being multidimensional poor by 0.03 percentage points as compared to the male category. The probability of a child being multidimensional poor increases with the age of household head which is significant at 10\%. This is consistent with apriori expectation that poverty increases with old age as the productivity of the individual decreases. This position is consistent with those of Gang et al.  {\ref (2002)}, \hyperref[b29]{Datt and Jolliffe (1999)}, and \hyperref[b51]{Rodriguez (2002)}.\par
The household size and household size squared coefficients had positive correlation with the probability of a child being poor and significant at 5\%. Thus child poverty increases with increasing size of the household. The estimated marginal impact of the likelihood of child being multidimensional poor in a large household \hyperref[b28]{(11)}\hyperref[b29]{(12)}\hyperref[b30]{(13)}\hyperref[b31]{(14)}\hyperref[b18]{(15)}\hyperref[b19]{(16)}\hyperref[b20]{(17)}\hyperref[b21]{(18)}\hyperref[b22]{(19)}\hyperref[b24]{(20)} increases by 0.04 percentage points. This position is consistent with Maxwell, (1996) and Maxwell et al, (1999) who opined that there is a family size paradox of poverty which Lipton, (1999) maintained that small households are less likely to be poor than others and are likely to be poor than others.\par
Okunmadewa, (2002) and Gang et al,  {\ref (2002)} further explained that such is especially found in agrarian households.\par
In relation to the wealth quintile index, all categories other than 'poor' and the 'poorer' categories had a negative correlation with the probability of a child being poor. This implies that the probability of a child living below poverty line increases with households within the 'poor' and 'poorer' wealth index category. The marginal effect of children from rich households has a reduced effect on the likelihood of being multidimensional poor by 0.15 percentage points. 
\section[{Effect of Community Characteristics on Poverty}]{Effect of Community Characteristics on Poverty}\par
The probability of a child living below poverty line increases with the child being in the north-west region of the country and statistically significant at 5\%. South west had a negative coefficient and significant at 5\%. This implies that the probability of child being poor decreases from the north to the south as shown by the coefficients of other regions. A high marginal impact was observed on the probability of a child being iii. iv. multidimensional poor from a geographical location. The marginal impact is highest in North West with a marginal impact of increasing the probability of being poor by 0.2 percentage points. negative correlation which is significant at 5\%. The impact of the presence of a health facility in the community reduces the probability of being multidimensional poor by 0.02 percentage points as shown in last column of table 9. 
\section[{( D D D D )}]{( D D D D )} 
\section[{A}]{A} 
\section[{Year}]{Year}\par
The presence of a health facility also reduces the probability of a child being poor as shown by the  
\section[{Conclusion and Recommendation}]{Conclusion and Recommendation}\par
The paper assessed the incidence,intensity and the determinants of child poverty in rural Nigeria using the Alkire -Foster multidimensional child poverty measurement. It was found that the estimated Alkire and Foster indices depend on the number of dimensions considered and that the poverty measure decreases with the number of dimension cutoffs or the sum of weights (K). The results show that the highest contribution to multidimensional poverty in rural Nigeria is from the health dimension followed by sanitation, safe drinking water, housing and the leastcontribution is from nutrition. The multidimensional child poverty index of 0.526 with minimal variations in the relative contribution of gender to overall multidimensional poverty index. In general however, efforts to combat child poverty should be directed to both male and female child in order to achieve the major goal of reducing poverty in general.\par
The determinants of child poverty show that age of child, parent's education, employment in the service sector, male-headed households, 'rich' households and presence of a health facility reduces the probability of a child being multidimensional poor . On the other hand, large household size, female-headed households, age of the household head and households engaged in agriculture increases the probability of a child being multidimensional poor.\par
Eradicating childhood poverty specifically should be considered from several dimensions as child poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon. The multidimensional child poverty index of 0.526 is too high as compared with the MPI of other sub-saharan countries. These include encouraging higher education for parents, provision of more health and sanitation infrastructure, promotion of family planning to reduce A\begin{figure}[htbp]
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\noindent\textbf{1} \par 
\begin{longtable}{P{0.034\textwidth}P{0.816\textwidth}}
Safe Drinking Water\tabcellsep Children using water from an unimproved source such as open\\
\tabcellsep wells, open springs or surface water.(United Nations, 2003)\\
Sanitation\tabcellsep Children using unimproved sanitation facilities such as pit latrine\\
\tabcellsep without slab, open pit latrine, bucket toilet and hanging toilet.(United\\
\tabcellsep Nations, 2003)\\
Housing\tabcellsep Children living in a house with no flooring (i.e. a mud or dung floor)\\
\tabcellsep or inadequate roofing. (United Nations, 2003)\\
Health\tabcellsep Children who have not been immunized by 2 years of age. A child is\\
\tabcellsep deprived if the child has not received eight of the following\\
\tabcellsep vaccinations: bcg, dpt1, dpt2, dpt3, polio0, polio1, polio2, polio3,\\
\tabcellsep measles or did not receive treatment for a recent illness involving an\\
\tabcellsep acute respiratory infection or diarrhea. .(United Nations, 2003)\\
\tabcellsep Children who are more than two standard deviations below the\\
\tabcellsep international reference population for stunting (height for age) or\\
\tabcellsep wasting (weight for height) or are underweight (weight for age). The\\
\tabcellsep standardization follows the algorithms provided by the WHO Child\\
\tabcellsep Growth Reference Study (WHO, 2006)\end{longtable} \par
 
\caption{\label{tab_1}Table 1 :}\end{figure}
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\noindent\textbf{2} \par 
\begin{longtable}{P{0.2625\textwidth}P{0.2625\textwidth}P{0.32499999999999996\textwidth}}
Gender\tabcellsep Frequency\tabcellsep Percentage (\%)\\
Male\tabcellsep 2291\tabcellsep 50.4\\
Female\tabcellsep 2252\tabcellsep 49.6\\
Total\tabcellsep 4543\tabcellsep 100\end{longtable} \par
  {\small\itshape [Note: A 2 44]} 
\caption{\label{tab_2}Table 2 :}\end{figure}
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\begin{longtable}{P{0.4601910828025477\textwidth}P{0.16783439490445862\textwidth}P{0.2219745222929936\textwidth}}
Age of Child\tabcellsep Frequency\tabcellsep Percentage\\
(months)\tabcellsep \tabcellsep (\%)\\
0-9\tabcellsep 811\tabcellsep 17.8\\
10-19\tabcellsep 746\tabcellsep 16.5\\
20-29\tabcellsep 730\tabcellsep 16.3\\
30-39\tabcellsep 770\tabcellsep 16.9\\
40-49\tabcellsep 724\tabcellsep 17.1\\
50-59\tabcellsep 702\tabcellsep 15.4\\
Total\tabcellsep 4543\tabcellsep 100\\
b) Dimensional Weights using MCA\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par
  {\small\itshape [Note: Presented in table 4 are the weights of the indicators for the various dimensions. Any indicator with a negative score reduces welfare and vice-versa.]} 
\caption{\label{tab_3}Table 3 :}\end{figure}
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\noindent\textbf{4} \par 
\begin{longtable}{P{0.07727272727272727\textwidth}P{0.5473484848484849\textwidth}P{0.22537878787878787\textwidth}}
Dimension\tabcellsep Indicators\tabcellsep MCA Weights\\
Safe Drinking water\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
\tabcellsep Piped or borehole\tabcellsep 0.428\\
\tabcellsep No piped or borehole\tabcellsep -0.157\\
\tabcellsep Dug well\tabcellsep 0.188\\
\tabcellsep No dug well\tabcellsep -0.004\\
\tabcellsep Surface water\tabcellsep 0.045\\
\tabcellsep No surface water\tabcellsep -0.082\\
\tabcellsep Other sources of water\tabcellsep 0.501\\
Sanitation\tabcellsep \tabcellsep -0.227\\
\tabcellsep Flush Toilet\tabcellsep 1.788\\
\tabcellsep No flush toilet\tabcellsep -0.118\\
\tabcellsep Pit latrine\tabcellsep 0.230\\
\tabcellsep No pit latrine\tabcellsep -0.216\\
\tabcellsep Other types of toilet\tabcellsep 0.498\\
\tabcellsep No other types of toilet\tabcellsep -0.020\\
\tabcellsep No toilet\tabcellsep 1.048\\
\tabcellsep Toilet\tabcellsep -0.058\\
Housing\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
\tabcellsep Modern roof\tabcellsep 0.701\\
\tabcellsep Rudimentary roof\tabcellsep -0.312\\
\tabcellsep Modern wall\tabcellsep 0.591\\
\tabcellsep Rudimentary wall\tabcellsep -0.690\\
\tabcellsep Finished floor\tabcellsep 0.681\\
Health\tabcellsep No finished floor\tabcellsep -0.623\\
\tabcellsep Immunized\tabcellsep 1.630\\
\tabcellsep No immunization\tabcellsep -1.469\\
\tabcellsep Vitamin A supplementation\tabcellsep 2.319\\
Nutrition\tabcellsep No vitamin A Supplementation\tabcellsep -1.002\\
\tabcellsep Stunted\tabcellsep 0.368\\
\tabcellsep Not Stunted\tabcellsep -0.185\\
\tabcellsep Wasted\tabcellsep 0.300\\
\tabcellsep Not wasted\tabcellsep 0.034\end{longtable} \par
 
\caption{\label{tab_4}Table 4 :}\end{figure}
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\noindent\textbf{5} \par 
\begin{longtable}{P{0.13550724637681158\textwidth}P{0.1539855072463768\textwidth}P{0.1539855072463768\textwidth}P{0.16630434782608697\textwidth}P{0.2402173913043478\textwidth}}
\multicolumn{3}{l}{(k) (M 0 =HA) (H)}\tabcellsep (A)\tabcellsep Average deprivation\\
1\tabcellsep 0.521\tabcellsep 0.909\tabcellsep 0.573\tabcellsep 2.86\\
2\tabcellsep 0.483\tabcellsep 0.766\tabcellsep 0.631\tabcellsep 3.16\\
3\tabcellsep 0.279\tabcellsep 0.366\tabcellsep 0.762\tabcellsep 3.81\\
4\tabcellsep 0.088\tabcellsep 0.094\tabcellsep 0.936\tabcellsep 4.68\\
5\tabcellsep 0.047\tabcellsep 0.047\tabcellsep 1.00\tabcellsep 5.00\end{longtable} \par
 
\caption{\label{tab_5}Table 5 :}\end{figure}
 \begin{figure}[htbp]
\noindent\textbf{6} \par 
\begin{longtable}{P{0.11697247706422019\textwidth}P{0.16376146788990825\textwidth}P{0.18325688073394497\textwidth}P{0.10917431192660551\textwidth}P{0.1364678899082569\textwidth}P{0.14036697247706423\textwidth}}
\multicolumn{2}{l}{Dimensions Safe}\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{Sanitation(\%) Housing}\tabcellsep Health\tabcellsep Nutrition(\%)\\
\tabcellsep Drinking\tabcellsep \tabcellsep (\%)\tabcellsep (\%)\tabcellsep \\
\tabcellsep Water(\%)\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
K=1\tabcellsep 18.40\tabcellsep 22.58\tabcellsep 11.85\tabcellsep 38.54\tabcellsep 8.63\\
K=2\tabcellsep 16.66\tabcellsep 20.71\tabcellsep 12.33\tabcellsep 41.14\tabcellsep 9.16\\
K=3\tabcellsep 16.10\tabcellsep 17.36\tabcellsep 15.31\tabcellsep 38.17\tabcellsep 13.06\\
K=4\tabcellsep 12.01\tabcellsep 14.25\tabcellsep 9.64\tabcellsep 32.05\tabcellsep 32.05\\
K=5\tabcellsep 13.34\tabcellsep 13.34\tabcellsep 13.34\tabcellsep 29.99\tabcellsep 29.99\end{longtable} \par
 
\caption{\label{tab_6}Table 6 :}\end{figure}
 \begin{figure}[htbp]
\noindent\textbf{7} \par 
\begin{longtable}{P{0.2371376811594203\textwidth}P{0.2125\textwidth}P{0.012318840579710146\textwidth}P{0.08623188405797101\textwidth}P{0.2125\textwidth}P{0.012318840579710146\textwidth}P{0.0769927536231884\textwidth}}
Poverty\tabcellsep \tabcellsep K=1\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep K=3\tabcellsep \\
cutoff\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
Region\tabcellsep M 0\tabcellsep H\tabcellsep A\tabcellsep M 0\tabcellsep H\tabcellsep A\\
North\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.130 0.128}\tabcellsep 1.02\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.121 0.121}\tabcellsep 1\\
Central\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
North\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.118 0.105}\tabcellsep 1.12\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.137 0.131}\tabcellsep 1.05\\
east\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
North\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.192 0.163}\tabcellsep 1.18\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.257 0.251}\tabcellsep 1.02\\
West\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
South\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.145 0.159}\tabcellsep 0. 91\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.127 0.132}\tabcellsep 0. 96\\
east\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
South\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.256 0.275}\tabcellsep 0. 93\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.252 0.261}\tabcellsep 0. 97\\
west\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
South\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.160 0.170}\tabcellsep 0. 94\tabcellsep \multicolumn{2}{l}{0.146 0.149}\tabcellsep 0. 98\\
South\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par
 
\caption{\label{tab_7}Table 7 :}\end{figure}
 \begin{figure}[htbp]
\noindent\textbf{8} \par 
\begin{longtable}{P{0.5607638888888888\textwidth}P{0.2125\textwidth}P{0.02361111111111111\textwidth}P{0.005902777777777778\textwidth}P{0.017708333333333333\textwidth}P{0.02361111111111111\textwidth}P{0.005902777777777778\textwidth}}
Poverty\tabcellsep \tabcellsep K=1\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep K=3\tabcellsep \\
cutoff\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
Gender\tabcellsep M 0\tabcellsep H\tabcellsep A\tabcellsep M 0\tabcellsep H\tabcellsep A\\
Male\tabcellsep \multicolumn{6}{l}{0.526 0.918 0.57 0.284 0.375 0.76}\\
\multicolumn{7}{l}{Female 0.517 0.899 0.58 0.273 0.357 0.78}\\
d) Determinants of Child Poverty\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \tabcellsep \end{longtable} \par
 
\caption{\label{tab_8}Table 8 :}\end{figure}
 \begin{figure}[htbp]
\noindent\textbf{9} \par 
\begin{longtable}{}
\end{longtable} \par
 
\caption{\label{tab_9}Table 9}\end{figure}
 \begin{figure}[htbp]
\noindent\textbf{9} \par 
\begin{longtable}{P{0.27610738255033557\textwidth}P{0.2852348993288591\textwidth}P{0.2886577181208054\textwidth}}
Variables\tabcellsep Coefficients\tabcellsep Marginal Effects\\
Child Characteristics\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
Age in months\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
10-19\tabcellsep -0.3824***\tabcellsep -0.0887***\\
\tabcellsep (0.1292)\tabcellsep (0.0308)\\
20-29\tabcellsep -0.5684***\tabcellsep -0.1336***\\
\tabcellsep (0.1287)\tabcellsep (0.0312)\\
30-39\tabcellsep -0.8358***\tabcellsep -0.1986***\\
\tabcellsep (0.1264)\tabcellsep (0.0307)\\
40-49\tabcellsep -0.7028***\tabcellsep -0.1661***\\
\tabcellsep ( 0.1260)\tabcellsep (0.0307)\\
50-59\tabcellsep -0.7832***\tabcellsep -0.1155\\
\tabcellsep (0.1294)\tabcellsep (0.0234)\\
Sex of child\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
Female\tabcellsep -0.0278\tabcellsep -0.1731\\
\tabcellsep (0.0728)\tabcellsep (0.0279)\\
Mothers education\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
Primary or less\tabcellsep -0.5071\tabcellsep -0.0245\\
\tabcellsep (0.1019)\tabcellsep (0.0201)\\
Secondary\tabcellsep -0.7425**\tabcellsep -0.0106***\\
\tabcellsep (0.1177)\tabcellsep (0.0670)\\
Higher\tabcellsep -0.7096**\tabcellsep -0.0255**\\
\tabcellsep (0.2312)\tabcellsep (0.0334)\\
Fathers education\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
Secondary education\tabcellsep -0.1108**\tabcellsep -0 .0479**\\
\tabcellsep (0.0920)\tabcellsep (0 .0300)\\
Higher education\tabcellsep 0.5266\tabcellsep 0.0588\\
\tabcellsep (0.6080)\tabcellsep (0.0149)\\
Occupation\tabcellsep \tabcellsep \\
Agriculture employee\tabcellsep 0.2145**\tabcellsep 0.0169*\\
\tabcellsep (0.1353)\tabcellsep (0.0348)\\
Services\tabcellsep -0.1124***\tabcellsep -0.0460***\\
\tabcellsep (0.1456)\tabcellsep (0.0091)\\
Skilled\& Unskilled\tabcellsep -0.1846***\tabcellsep -0.0422***\\
\tabcellsep (0.1516)\tabcellsep (0 .0353)\end{longtable} \par
  {\small\itshape [Note: AYearVI.]} 
\caption{\label{tab_10}Table 9 :}\end{figure}
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