Abstract
The estate population in Sri Lanka was estimated as 900,713 in 2001 and considered one of the vulnerable groups. The largest proportion is in the Nuwara Eliya district while the second and the third are in Badulla and Kegalle districts respectively. The estate sector has a higher average household size compared with other sectors and this is considered a cause for poor living conditions within the community. The study seeks to examine the relationship between the household size and poverty to answer the question; what is the likelihood that bulky household size becomes a factor in falling into poverty?. Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) data (2002) is used for the analysis. They are collected through a survey conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), contains information on 20100 households of which 1196 were in the estate sector. Food poverty line is used to determine poor and non poor families. Binomial logit models are applied. All the variables in the model show a positive relationship with poverty. Sri Lankan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Vol.1(1) July 2009
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