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Results are from an analysis of the 2018 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 24% compared to 14% for women with some functional difficulty and 11% for women with no difficulty.

Table 1_Suriname: 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: Suriname 2018 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 (23%) and women with some difficulty (13%) compared to women with no difficulty (10%). This boils down to gaps of 13 percentage points (p.p.) between women with at least a lot of difficulty and no difficulty and three 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 92% and 95%, respectively. At 96%, women with some difficulty are also less likely to own a mobile phone than women with no difficulty. However, none of these differences are statistically significant.

Health

Differences across functional difficulty status are small (three p.p. or lower) for safely managed water and sanitation.

Standard of Living

Rates of access to clean fuel and electricity are overall similar for the different functional difficulty groups. There are significant differences in terms of the shares of individuals with adequate housing and asset ownership, with lower rates for women with some difficulty and at least a lot of difficulty compared to women with no difficulty. In the case of adequate housing, the difference is statistically significant only between women with some difficulty and women with no difficulty.

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 15% and 19% compared to 7% 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 66% and 85%, respectively. At 81%, women with some difficulty also have lower rates of happiness compared to women with no difficulty.

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