The study focused on analysis of poverty determinants among households in Adamawa North Senatorial District.
Primary data were generated through structured questionnaire and interview. Using a multistage sampling
approach, a total of 400 households were selected and interviewed. Data collected were subjected to Foster
Greer and Thorbecke (FGT) and linear regression analysis. Considering some poverty indicators, the study
revealed that using the FGT model of assessment, 86.3 percent of the households covered by the study were
poor and would have to mobilize financial resources up to 41.80% of $2 US (N300) per day (for each household
member) to be able to escape poverty. Result of linear regression also showed that coefficients of educational
levels of household, occupation, energy of household are 0.068, 0.36 and 0.25 respectively, while dependency
ratio, sources of water, poor feeding shown inverse relationship of -0.19, -0.10, -0.19 respectively. These are
factors that exert significant influence on household per capita income in the study area. In order to reduce
poverty and promote peoples’ income, policies that would promote employment opportunities, educational status
of household, as well as efforts to enhance women access to more productive resources and investment in
infrastructural development are recommended.