Determinants of Poverty on Household Characteristics in Zanzibar: A logistic Regression Model

Abstract

The two succession of Zanzibar Household Budget Survey (ZHBS) in 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 use head count to address poverty as the base of all analysis with several social and economic variables. This study attempts to use logistic regression to venture ratio of the probability of occurrence of poverty in Zanzibar with social dimension. The study reveals that social demographic dimensions are important in explaining poverty and that the likelihood of poverty significant relates to household size, household head, and basic education (primary and secondary). Furthermore, the study exposes that all district in Pemba are on high risk of being enter into poverty.

Key words: Zanzibar, poverty, households, determinant of poverty, logistic regression