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Migration, Capabilities, and Food Security: Analyzing Adaptive Consumption Patterns Among Migrant Households in Southeast Nigeria
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In developing countries, households with migrants do not have sufficient food, a serious issue affecting human welfare and development. Even though migration has been intensely researched, we know little about migrants' food security and how it changes in developing countries, especially Nigeria. In this study, we use Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach to examine food insecurity and adaptive consumption in migrant households in Southeast Nigeria. We used the World Bank’s data with the structural equation model to tease out the multidimensional factors affecting food security outcomes. Findings show that 90% of migrant households are food insecure, greatly influenced by their state of residence, reasons for migration, and remittances received. Migration related to marriage positively impacted food consumption (coefficient: 46.86, p-value: 0.0745). We see some gender differences, but they are insignificant. It shows that the migrants' intervention is necessary and also enhances their capability to access adequate food.
