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Results in this brief are from an analysis of the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey. Information on methodology is in the main text of the report and in the method briefs. Additional results are available in Results Tables on the DDI website.

Share of adults with Functional Difficulties

In Cambodia, the share of adults aged 15 and older with any functional difficulty stands at 12%. As shown in Table 1, it varies from a low of 2.6% in Mondool Kiri & Rattanak Kiri to a high of 26.1 % in Battambang & Pailin. Thus, there is heterogeneity across regions in the shares of adults with any functional difficulty. In all regions, seeing is the most common type of functional difficulty; communication and self-care are the least common.

TABLE 1: Cambodia: Share of adults with functional difficulties at the regional level (%)

Notes: ‘Any’ is the share of adults with any level of difficulty (some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or unable to do in one or more functional domains. For instance, ‘Seeing’ is the share of adults with difficulty in seeing of any level. Shares for the six domains do not add up to the share of any difficulty as some individuals may have functional difficulties in more than one domain. Source: Own calculations based on Cambodia DHS data.

Multidimensional Poverty

Multidimensional poverty captures an individual’s experience of multiple deprivations (e.g. low educational attainment, having inadequate living conditions). In Cambodia, the shares of persons with at least a lot of functional difficulty and some difficulty who are multidimensionally poor stand at 89.4% and 74.7%, respectively. These are higher compared to those of persons with no difficulty at 71.8%.

Thus, there is a disability gap in multidimensional poverty between persons with at least a lot of difficulty and no difficulty (17.6 percentage points) and between persons with some difficulty and no difficulty (2.9 percentage points). In other words, persons in Cambodia with functional difficulties more frequently experience multiple deprivations than those with no difficulties. As illustrated in Figure 1/Table 2, multidimensional poverty is common in all regions among adults with functional difficulties.

Figure 1: Cambodia: multidimensional poverty headcount among adults with no, some and at least a lot of difficulty (%)

Source: Own calculations based on Cambodia DHS data (2014). The notes of Table 1 apply.

TABLE 2 (SUPPORTING Figure 1): Cambodia: multidimensional poverty headcount among adults with no, some and at least a lot of difficulty (%)