The impact of socio-economic determinants on rural poverty in Pakistan

The objective of this study is to explore the socio-economic determinants of poverty in the rural area of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. These rural areas of Southern Punjab were selected because the poverty rates are higher in these areas if compared to urban areas. The rural poverty happens due to man...

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Main Author:	Tasleem, Zerish
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng eng
Published:	2022
Subjects:	HB Economic Theory
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spelling	my-uum-etd.102272023-01-16T03:46:34Z The impact of socio-economic determinants on rural poverty in Pakistan 2022 Tasleem, Zerish Abdullah Chik, Norlaila Ibrahim, Ahmad Zubir Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government HB Economic Theory The objective of this study is to explore the socio-economic determinants of poverty in the rural area of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. These rural areas of Southern Punjab were selected because the poverty rates are higher in these areas if compared to urban areas. The rural poverty happens due to many factors such as high dependency rate, lack of education, lack of health facilities and low per capita income. The moderating effect of culture was also taken into considerations in this study. Cultural Belief Systems Theory together with the Cumulative and Cyclical Interdependency Theory was adopted in this study because both are among the major theories and often used in the poverty eradication studies, and in various other fields of research too. Based on the essence of both theories, this study hypothesized that socio-economic determinants have positive impact on rural poverty and culture moderates these relationships. Research data were collected through cross-sectional method and the sample consisted of 444 households. The data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Smart Partial Least Square (Smart PLS) software. SPSS was used for descriptive data analysis whereas Smart PLS was used for the inferential analysis. The findings of this study unveil that the socio-economic determinants namely education, health and income were significantly related to rural poverty, whereas the population has negative effects on rural poverty. Culture has a moderation effect on the relationship between educations, health and income with rural poverty but it exerts no moderation effect on the relationship between population and rural poverty. As the result of this study exhibits that socio-economic determinant are the key towards alleviation of rural poverty, it is recommended that the policy makers should developed appropriate strategies which focused on poverty eradication and the development of the nation. It is suggested that promoting education among the rural people, providing more educational opportunity so that the dependency rate may be reduced, and provision of basic necessities for everyday life in the rural areas may help reduce the poverty rate. Finally, the findings of this study hopefully will pave the way for further improvements in rural development and poverty alleviation in Pakistan. 2022 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/10227/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/10227/1/permission%20to%20deposit.pdf text eng 2025-10-10 staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10227/2/s902999_01.pdf text eng 2025-10-10 staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10227/3/s902999_02.pdf text eng 2025-10-10 staffonly other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Abdullah Chik, Norlaila Ibrahim, Ahmad Zubir
topic	HB Economic Theory
spellingShingle	HB Economic Theory Tasleem, Zerish The impact of socio-economic determinants on rural poverty in Pakistan
description	The objective of this study is to explore the socio-economic determinants of poverty in the rural area of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. These rural areas of Southern Punjab were selected because the poverty rates are higher in these areas if compared to urban areas. The rural poverty happens due to many factors such as high dependency rate, lack of education, lack of health facilities and low per capita income. The moderating effect of culture was also taken into considerations in this study. Cultural Belief Systems Theory together with the Cumulative and Cyclical Interdependency Theory was adopted in this study because both are among the major theories and often used in the poverty eradication studies, and in various other fields of research too. Based on the essence of both theories, this study hypothesized that socio-economic determinants have positive impact on rural poverty and culture moderates these relationships. Research data were collected through cross-sectional method and the sample consisted of 444 households. The data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Smart Partial Least Square (Smart PLS) software. SPSS was used for descriptive data analysis whereas Smart PLS was used for the inferential analysis. The findings of this study unveil that the socio-economic determinants namely education, health and income were significantly related to rural poverty, whereas the population has negative effects on rural poverty. Culture has a moderation effect on the relationship between educations, health and income with rural poverty but it exerts no moderation effect on the relationship between population and rural poverty. As the result of this study exhibits that socio-economic determinant are the key towards alleviation of rural poverty, it is recommended that the policy makers should developed appropriate strategies which focused on poverty eradication and the development of the nation. It is suggested that promoting education among the rural people, providing more educational opportunity so that the dependency rate may be reduced, and provision of basic necessities for everyday life in the rural areas may help reduce the poverty rate. Finally, the findings of this study hopefully will pave the way for further improvements in rural development and poverty alleviation in Pakistan.
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title	The impact of socio-economic determinants on rural poverty in Pakistan
title_short	The impact of socio-economic determinants on rural poverty in Pakistan
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The impact of socio-economic determinants on rural poverty in Pakistan

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