A study on causes of poverty in rural area with a case study in Tambunan / Marylene Ervie Kamilus

• Main Author: Kamilus, Marylene Ervie
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Rural groups. Rural sociology; Poor in cities. Slums
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/88405/1/88405.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/88405/

Rural poverty remains a crucial part of the poverty picture in Sabah especially in the rural area. This paper used a rural dataset collected by interviewing method. Findings show that hardcore income poverty in rural areas reached most of the people in the selected study area. These families tend to...