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Effect of Ill-Health on Rural Households ’ Welfare in Ondo State , Nigeria

This study assessed the health status and welfare of rural households in Ondo East and Ondo West Local Government Areas of Ondo State. The data were obtained through the use of structured questionnaires that were administered to farmers in two randomly selected Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the study area. Simple descriptive and regression methods were used to analyze the data. The common self reported types of sickness were tuberculosis (17.3%), whitlow (17.3%), guinea worm (5.5%), malaria (40.0%), pneumonia (2.7%), cholera (2.7%), diabetes (2.7%) and hookworm (1.8%). The study also revealed that, cost of treatment, cost of hired land and days of incapacitation have negative relationship with per capita income, while the imputed cost of family labour, cost of other inputs (such as fertilizer and seeds), family size and land area have positive relationship. The study recommended the need to raise national awareness of the incidence of diseases and their implication through information, health care facilities, encouraging government rural partnership, micro entrepreneurship and institution and industrial development. [A.S Oyekale and T.S.Otuwehinmi. Effect of Ill-Health on Rural Households’ Welfare in Ondo State, Nigeria. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):2452-2456] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 362