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Table 2.5: Correlates of severe child deprivations Individual dimension Sex and age At least one severe deprivation At least two severe deprivations No deprivations (not even less severe) Male 24.93 5.09 31.18 Age 0-2 31.86 7.89 20.71 Age 3-4 26.98 4.89 26.70 Age 5-9 22.41 4.60 36.88 Age 10-14 24.81 5.02 33.96 Age 15-17 25.80 2.68 29.29 Female 25.68 4.84 30.47 Age 0-2 29.92 5.75 23.67 Age 3-4 27.94 4.06 26.37 Age 5-9 25.24 5.12 35.23 Age 10-14 24.05 5.04 34.20 Age 15-17 22.19 3.03 24.50 Household dimension Household size Fewer than 3 members 33.27 8.11 26.08 3-4 members 23.43 3.87 30.58 5-6 members 23.16 4.32 31.49 7+ members 27.79 5.95 30.45 Mother’s education None 57.10 22.24 9.38 Primary school 25.39 3.56 26.23 Secondary school or 14.81 1.83 51.04 higher Non-standard curriculum 19.42 0 46.42 Mother not in household 16.55 3.45 36.36 Education of head of household None 47.63 16.66 12.55 Primary school 27.03 4.64 24.92 Secondary school or 13.80 1.48 50.60 higher Non-standard curriculum 14.91 0 40.71 Gender of head of household Male 25.28 4.86 30.96 Female 25.35 6.8 28.95 Wealth index quintiles Q1 (poorest) 57.74 17.59 0.89 Q2 28.58 3.39 5.80 Q3 17.40 1.7 26.03 Q4 9.71 0.2 54.8 Q5 (richest) 7.40 0.34 77.92 Mother tongue of head of household Bislama 18.79 1.32 56.62 48
At least one severe deprivation At least two severe deprivations No deprivations (not even less severe) Other 17.07 5.51 27.0 Family vulnerability (not mutually exclusive categories) Orphan child in household No 25.22 5.11 30.59 Yes 23.54 2.76 35.29 Elder (70+) person in household No 23.18 4.23 31.68 Yes 32.76 7.59 27.88 Geographic dimension Region Torba 51.60 8.64 12.1 Sanma 31.94 4.59 17.5 Penama 40.87 9.04 13.18 Malampa 9.25 0.39 12.91 Shefa 9.12 0.76 42.55 Tafea 50.31 15.38 21.77 Luganville 11.01 1.07 64.91 Port Vila 10.92 0.59 71 Residence Urban 10.95 0.72 69.35 Rural 28.93 6.05 21.06 Source: MICS 2007. Figures in grey-shaded cells are based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases; Figures in grey italics are based on 25-50 unweighted cases. There are a number of apparent risk factors. <strong>Child</strong>ren up to two years of age are most likely to suffer a severe deprivation, particularly boys (33 per cent) but also girls (30 per cent); but with these exceptions, the gaps between other age groups by gender are not as large. Those least likely to suffer severe deprivation are girls 15-17 years (22.19 per cent) and boys 5-9 years (22.4 per cent), but most age and gender groups have an incidence of severe deprivation of around 23- 25 per cent, or nearly a quarter of all children. The strongest apparent correlation is with wealth quintile, as illustrated in Figure 2.11. The MICS collected information on the ownership of household goods and amenities, and weights were assigned to each household asset, to obtain wealth scores for each household. The assets or goods included were: electricity supply, radio, TV, mobile phone, landline phone, refrigerator, watch, bicycle, motorcycle, cart, car, motorized boat and canoe, source of drinking water and type of sanitary facility. The following household characteristics were also included: number of persons per sleeping room, type of floor, type of roof, type of wall and type of cooking fuel. Each household was then weighted by the number of household members, and the household population was divided into five groups of equal size, from the poorest quintile to the richest, based on the wealth scores of their household. The wealth index is assumed to capture underlying long-term wealth through information on household assets. This study recalculated the wealth index to exclude items that are also included in the deprivation measures. This new index – labelled the asset index and mainly based on material assets – is also shown in Figure 2.11. It can be seen that households with lower levels of assets are also much more likely to experience 49
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