This study examined multidimensional welfare
deprivation of women in rural and urban South-South (SS) Nigeria. Secondary
data from Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS, 2013) was used for this
study. A total number of 1965 women in rural and 1275 in urban South SS were
covered in the study. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and
fuzzy analysis. The mean age of women in
rural SS was 34 years while in urban SS it was 28 years. The highest
level of education attained by women in rural SS was complete primary education
while in urban SS the women had complete secondary. This level of education had
effect on their deprivation status because women in rural SS were less educated
and more deprived than women in urban SS. In rural SS women have a mean
household size of 6 while in the urban area women have a mean household size of
5. The Deprivation index for rural women ranges from
0.05 to 0.89 with a mean value of 0.39 in rural SS and in urban SS the
Deprivation index ranges from 0.19 to 0.96 with a mean of 0.29. In the study
area women had their Deprivation index between 0.000 - 0.9000 in both rural and
urban SS. Women in urban SS have high deprivation compared to the women in
rural SS, this can also be related to their educational attainment because
women in urban SS are more educated than women in rural SS. For women’s deprivation
status to be improved the rural community should be educated on the need to
improve on their housing and sanitation characteristics and autonomy. Also
interventions in the area of housing and sanitation characteristics and
education should be made in urban SS.
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