Title : SOCIO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION: ANALYSIS OF HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IN BYAUK YOE VILLAGE TRACT, TWANTAY TOWNSHIP, YANGON REGION

Keywords : influencing factors, economically active members, poverty alleviation

Authors : Zar Zar Thein Tun

Publication Date : 2020-08-01

Description : This research is focused on the development of rural areas and reducing rural poverty in Myanmar. This paper deals with the case of Byauk Yoe village tract, Twantay Township, Yangon Region. Data were randomly collected 140 households from 369 households in the study area. In April 2019, a sample survey was conducted in Byauk Yoe village. The research methods in this study were conducted both descriptive and analytical type. Households for this study were selected by using systematic sampling method and level of precision is 5 %. The objectives of this study are to study the economic activities in rural area; second one is to review socio-economic conditions for study area. The last one is to analyze the impact of socio economic factors on poverty alleviation. In the study the main research question is which influencing factors that determine the poverty alleviation through the socio-economic development. The results showed that male and female population aged between 15 years and 64 years are 208 and 248 respectively. To analyze the multiple regression model, the food expenditure of sample household was used as dependent variable and gender of household head, household size, number of economically active members, occupation of household head in each household were used as independent variables. Durbin-Watson (DW) and Variance Inflation Factor (VIF) were used for determining the adequacy of the estimated regression model. The value of calculated (DW) was 1.904 and F value was 2.883, the model was significant at 5 % level. Therefore, it can be concluded that multiple regression model is fitted. According to the results, household size of each household was significant at 5 % level. Therefore, the household size is influential factor of food expenditure for each household.