Sao Tome and Principe
Go back Results are from an analysis of the 2019 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 60% compared to 56% for women with some functional difficulty and 61% for women with no difficulty.
Table 1_Sao Tome and Principe: Key indicators for women age 18 to 49 by functional difficulty status (% and percentage points)
| Indicator | No Difficulty |
Some Difficulty |
Difference between no difficulty and some difficulty |
At least a lot of difficulty |
Difference between no difficulty and at least a lot of difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multidimensional poverty headcount | 61 | 56 | 5** | 60 | 2 |
| Less than primary school | 36 | 34 | 2 | 42 | -6 |
| Owns a mobile phone | 70 | 72 | -2 | 70 | 0 |
| Safely managed drinking water | 97 | 99 | -1*** | 98 | -1 |
| Safely managed sanitation | 44 | 49 | -5** | 51 | -7* |
| Clean fuel | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 2*** |
| Electricity | 84 | 82 | 2 | 82 | 3 |
| Adequate housing | 26 | 31 | -5** | 31 | -5 |
| Owns assets | 39 | 39 | -1 | 37 | 2 |
| Having felt discriminated against or harassed | – | – | – | – | – |
| Happiness: very or somewhat happy | 79 | 73 | 6*** | 70 | 9** |
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: Sao Tome and Principe 2019 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 higher among women with at least a lot of functional difficulty (42%) compared to women with no difficulty (36%). At 34%, women with some functional difficulty are less 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 six percentage points (p.p.) between women with at least a lot of difficulty and no difficulty and two p.p. between women with some functional difficulty and no difficulty.
Personal Activities
Women with at least a lot of functional difficulty are just as likely to own a mobile phone as women with no difficulty, at 70% for both groups. At 72%, women with some difficulty are more likely to own a mobile phone than women with no difficulty, but this difference is not statistically significant.
Health
Differences across functional difficulty status are very small (one 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 higher rates for women with some difficulty and even higher rates for women with at least a lot of difficulty.
Standard of Living
Differences across functional difficulty status are small (five p.p. or lower) for rates of access to clean fuel, electricity, adequate housing, and asset ownership.
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 70% and 79%, respectively. At 73%, women with some difficulty also have lower rates of happiness compared to women with no difficulty.
More results for Sao Tome and Principe are available in Results Tables on the DDI website.