abstract: 'Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors influencing

  the food insecurity status of the working poor households in south west

  Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach International Labour Organisation

  poverty line, Household Food Insecurity Access Scale as well as the

  Ordered Logit model were used to identify the factors influencing the

  food insecurity status of the working poor households in south west

  Nigeria. Findings The study revealed that more than half of the

  respondents were working poor households, with more than four-fifths of

  them being food insecure. Income irregularity, savings and level of

  education had major roles to play in the food insecurity status of

  working poor households. Social implications Employment has always been

  considered as a route out of poverty and food insecurity. However, the

  intensity of poverty among working households should be considered in

  the design and development of policy and programmes, targeted towards

  workers. Laws should protect the right of workers against non-payment of

  salaries, advantages of family planning should be emphasised, social

  security allowance should be provided to serve as an alternative source

  of income during emergencies and more investment made in education.

  Originality/value This paper attempts to bridge the knowledge gap in the

  empirical link between employment, poverty and food insecurity.

  Particularly, its application to the working households. Peer review The

  peer review history for this article is available at:

  https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ IJSE-09-2019-0589'
affiliation: 'Adesoye, OP (Corresponding Author), Univ Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  Adesoye, Oluwatimilehin Peter, Univ Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

  Adepoju, Abimbola Oluyemisi, Univ Ibadan, Dept Agr Econ, Ibadan, Nigeria.'
author: Adesoye, Oluwatimilehin Peter and Adepoju, Abimbola Oluyemisi
author-email: 'adesoyeoluwatimi@gmail.com

  abimbola.adepoju@yahoo.com'
author_list:
- family: Adesoye
  given: Oluwatimilehin Peter
- family: Adepoju
  given: Abimbola Oluyemisi
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/IJSE-09-2019-0589
earlyaccessdate: APR 2020
eissn: 1758-6712
files: []
issn: 0306-8293
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS
keywords: 'Working poor households; Food insecurity; South west Nigeria; Ordered

  logit'
language: English
month: MAY 11
number: '5'
number-of-cited-references: '47'
pages: 581-597
papis_id: a0ab0f673974c326d86f0f34dc2a7eb8
ref: Adesoye2020foodinsecurity
researcherid-numbers: Adepoju, Abimbola Oluyemisi/K-1637-2019
times-cited: '2'
title: Food insecurity status of the working poor households in south west Nigeria
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000529387100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
volume: '47'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2020'