seasonal poverty indices. The estimation results show that the number of children, the age and the minority ethnic group of the … head, and the distance to the nearest market are related to higher household chronic and transient poverty. In contrast …, the education level of the head and the land area cultivated by the household are associated with lower household poverty …

regressions. The estimation results show that different correlates are significant for chronic poverty and for transient seasonal … agreement, while for transient poverty, different variables have significant effects for the two estimation methods. …It is crucial for social policy in Less Developed Countries to identify separate correlates for transient poverty and …