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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 88% compared to 85% for women with some functional difficulty and 89% for women with no difficulty.

Table 1_Guinea-Bissau: 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. ‘-‘ indicates not available. Numbers in the difference columns are in percentage points while all other numbers in the table are percentages.

Source: Guinea-Bissau 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 lower among women with some difficulty (58%) compared to women with no difficulty (66%). At 74%, women with at least a lot of difficulty are more 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 eight percentage points (p.p.) between women with at least a lot of difficulty and no difficulty and nine 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 59% and 63%, respectively. However, this difference is not significant. At 70%, women with some difficulty are more likely to own a mobile phone than women with no difficulty.

Health

Differences across functional difficulty status are small (five p.p. or lower) for safely managed water and sanitation. Women with some are significantly more likely to have safely managed sanitation.

Standard of Living

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

Subjective Wellbeing

Women with at least a lot of functional difficulty are less likely to report feeling very or somewhat happy than women with no difficulty, at 89% and 92%, respectively. At 90%, women with some difficulty also have lower rates of happiness compared to women with no difficulty.

More results for Guinea-Bissau are available in Results Tables on the DDI website.