REYES : Impact of Agrarian Reform on Poverty
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Of the total expenditure of the ARB families in 1990, 52.1 percent was spent for food, or P13,798, while 53.1 percent was spent by the non-ARB families on food, or P12,052. On the other hand, households who benefited from the agrarian reform had an average expenditure of P37,704 for food in 2000, or 63.6 percent of their total expenditures, while nonagrarian reform beneficiaries spent P34,282 for food, or 62.7 percent of their total expenditures. A small portion of the ARB and non-ARB families’ total expenditures in 1990 is allotted to their children’s education. ARB families spent an average of P3,103 which is only 11.7 percent of their total expenditures while non-ARB families spent only 10.6 percent of their total expenditures that is, P2,403. In year 2000, ARBs allotted only 11.2 percent (P6,623) while non-ARBs allotted 12.3 percent, slightly higher than ARBs. In 1990, a small portion of the total expenditures of ARBs was allotted for their clothing and health care, making up 4.2 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively, of their total expenditures, while nonARBs allotted only 4.3 percent and 7 percent of their expenditures for clothing and health care. In 2000, 11.2 percent of ARBs total expenditures were spent for their children’s education, 8.5 percent for health, and 4.2 percent for clothing. Non-ARBs spent 12.3 percent on education, 7 percent on health and 4.3 percent on clothing. The 1990 expenditure of households was positively associated with the ARB or non-ARB status of households with a correlation coefficient of 0.08. Though relatively small, the association was significant for its probability of 0.0008 at a 5 percent level of significance. In 2000, expenditure of households was positively associated with the status of households being ARBs or non-ARBs with correlation coefficient of 0.05 and significance probability of 0.03 that is significant at the 5 percent level of significance. This implies that ARBs tend to have higher household expenditures than non-ARBs. Poverty profile of ARB households. To determine the proportion of poor households, the study obtained the regional rural