Evolution du niveau de vie des ménages en milieu péri urbain de Ouagadougou : analyses des inégalités sociales et démographiques des ménages face à la pauvreté

This work looks at the dynamics of poverty (through living standards) of peri-urban households in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. Drawing on data collected by the Ouagadougou Population Observatory from a set of 15,925 households in the periphery of Ouagadougou between 2008 and 2012, we will construct a composite indicator of household living standard in order to evaluate the evolution in poverty in these households between two data collection cycles (called Round 1 and Round 3). The proxy measure of living standard, estimated using a quantitative approach to poverty, will be determined on the basis of a certain number of goods that households possess using a scoring system (the sum of 1s, each reflecting a household's possession of a given good). Three levels of household standard of living (poor, medium and rich) will then be derived in a way that permits the constitution of the most homogeneous possible classes. Afterward, using factorial correspondence analyses, we will examine the changes (or lack of changes) in living standards at the level of a number of sociodemographic and economic categories. Our analyses will provide valuable information to public authorities for the targeting of the poorest households, and also aid in the planning of actions to allow households to quickly increase their standard of living.