Stochastic dominance rankings of consumption expenditure amongst arable crop farming households in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

Finessing the question on household settlement choice is to enquire the income/consumption expenditure distribution that either makes her better-off or worse-off. Using 430 household-level micro-data from a three-stage sampling procedure, the study ranked consumption expenditure by household attributes in Delta state, Nigeria on axiomatic poverty measure. Results showed that household heads in the widowed and 0<???≤20 years categories in Delta-North first-order stochastically dominated Delta-South (?≻?=1?), 20<???≤40 years household heads in ?≻?=1? and ?≻?=1?, household heads in the widowed, vocational education holder and 0<???≤20 years, 20<???≤40 years and ???>60 years categories in ?≻?=1?, while household heads in the vocational education holder, 0<???≤20 years, 20<???≤40 years and ???>60 years categories in ?≻?=1?. Household heads in the female, single, medium household-size, tertiary education holder and 0<???≤20 years categories in ?≻?=2? and ?≻?=3?. Household heads in the single, medium-size, 20<???≤40 years and tertiary education holder categories in ?≻?=2? and ?≻?=3?. Household heads in the separated spouse and small household-size categories in ?≻?=2? and ?≻?=3? while household heads that are in the single category in ?≻?=2? and ?≻?=3?. There is, generally, no stochastic dominance between pairwise comparisons by district in the state, in terms of consumption expenditure, except by other household attributes.