Table 6 Determinants of vulnerability to poverty

Household Characteristics

Health status

−0.30639***

0.01033

−0.03609

−0.09918

Good hygiene

0.16183***

0.08401

−0.02351

−0.06515

Size

−0.12316***

−0.02088

−0.00506

−0.01415

Head age

0.02091***

0.01127

−0.00545

−0.01473

Head age square

−0.00021***

−0.00006

−0.00006

−0.00016

Head married

−0.19835***

0.01917

−0.03901

−0.10888

Head Education

Primary

0.22626***

−0.14390**

−0.02618

−0.07265

Secondary

0.51450***

−0.06216

−0.03693

−0.09956

Tertiary and above

1.06162***

0.00089

−0.05354

−0.13829

Head employed

0.14239***

−0.08746

−0.03869

−0.10081

Urban residence

0.29912***

0.09134

−0.02869

−0.0797

Good housing

0.22301***

0.01464

−0.0277

−0.07748

Use communication facility

0.15592***

0.0459

Administrative region

Central

−0.02749

−0.07701

−0.04932

−0.14131

Greater Accra

0.06934

0.13945

−0.04903

−0.13309

Volta

−0.33862***

0.06

−0.04983

−0.13899

Eastern

−0.17312***

0.05841

−0.04624

−0.12968

Ashanti

0.14176***

−0.02536

−0.04295

−0.12256

Brong Ahafo

−0.20193***

0.10328

−0.05456

−0.15242

Northern

−0.53127***

0.19594

−0.08192

−0.2344

Upper East

−0.60534***

0.04238

−0.08198

−0.24385

Upper West

−0.81322***

1.05060***

−0.13048

−0.27623

Ecological zone

Coastal

−0.00858

0.15757

−0.05711

−0.16561

Forest

0.00564

0.16839

−0.04839

−0.14117

−0.03242

−0.08696

Constant

14.12813***

−2.31089***

−0.12112

−0.33598

No. of Observations

8603

8603

R-squared

0.4

0.008

Adjusted R-squared

0.4

0.004

F-value

151.89***

1.83***