Social inclusion and Poverty

Description

The study uses primary cross-sectional survey data collected from 552 respondents across low-income communities in two contrasting regions of Ghana: Northern Region and Greater Accra Region. These regions were purposively selected to capture geographic, economic, and cultural variation in poverty experiences. Northern Region representing rural, agriculture-dependent poverty with limited formal employment, and Greater Accra representing urban, informal-economy poverty with greater market access but acute inequality. Data were collected through structured questionnaires administered face-to-face by trained enumerators between 2022 and 2023. The sampling strategy combined purposive selection of communities known to experience high poverty incidence with systematic random sampling of households within selected communities. Respondents were adults aged 18 and above engaged in economic activity, including both wage-employed and self-employed individuals. The survey instrument captured four main constructs measured on multi-item Likert-type scales: social inclusion (adapted from Huxley et al., 2012), employability (adapted from Lopez-Miguens et al., 2021), entrepreneurial success (adapted from Singh et al., 2021, administered to business operators only), and multidimensional poverty (based on the Alkire-Foster framework). Control variables included age, gender, education level, household size, and region. All scales were pilot-tested and adapted for the Ghanaian context. Ethical approval was obtained prior to data collection, and informed consent was secured from all participants.

Institutions

• Accra Technical University

  Greater Accra, Accra

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