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Results are from an analysis of the 2018-19 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 6 (MICS6). Information on methodology is in the main text of the report and in the methods briefs.

Key indicators on the deprivations and wellbeing experienced by women with and without functional difficulties are presented in Table 1. Table 1 begins with information on the multidimensional poverty headcount—the rate of women deprived in more than one dimension in the areas of education, health, and standard of living. Women with at least a lot of functional difficulty have a multidimensional poverty headcount of 65% compared to 55% for women with some functional difficulty and 53% for women with no difficulty.

Table 1_Kiribati: Key indicators for women age 18 to 49 by functional difficulty status (% and percentage points)

Notes: *, **, and *** indicate that the difference is statistically significant at the 10%, 5% and 1% levels respectively. Numbers in the difference columns are in percentage points while all other numbers in the table are percentages. The share of women having felt discriminated against or harassed is on the basis of any ground.

Source: Kiribati 2018-19 MICS6, own calculations

Education

The share of women ages 18 to 49 who have less than primary school as their highest level of schooling attained is significantly higher among women with at least a lot of functional difficulty (5%) compared to women with no difficulty (2%). At 2%, women with some functional difficulty as just as likely to have less than primary school as their highest level of schooling attained compared to women with no difficulty. This boils down to gaps of three percentage points (p.p.) between women with at least a lot of difficulty and no difficulty and one p.p. between women with some functional difficulty and no difficulty.

Personal Activities

Women with at least a lot of functional difficulty are less likely to own a mobile phone than women with no difficulty, at 46% and 58%, respectively. At 52%, women with some difficulty are also less likely to own a mobile phone than women with no difficulty.

Health

Differences across functional difficulty status are small (three p.p. or lower) for safely managed water. There are significant differences in terms of the shares of individuals with access to safely managed sanitation, with lower rates for women with some difficulty and even lower rates for women with at least a lot of difficulty. However, the difference is statistically significant only between women with at least a lot of difficulty and women with no difficulty.

Standard of Living

There are significant differences in terms of the shares of individuals with clean fuel, adequate housing, and asset ownership, with lower rates for women with some difficulty and even lower rates for women with at least a lot of difficulty. For all indicators, these differences range from one to five p.p. Rates of access to electricity are similar for the different functional difficulty groups.

Insecurity

Women with some difficulty and at least a lot of difficulty are more likely to report feeling discriminated against or harassed based on any ground, at rates of 30% and 37% compared to 16% of women with no difficulty.

Subjective Wellbeing

Women with at least a lot of functional difficulty are significantly less likely to report feeling very or somewhat happy than women with no difficulty, at 72% and 84%, respectively. At 79%, women with some difficulty also have lower rates of happiness compared to women with no difficulty.

More results for Kiribati are available in Results Tables on the DDI website.