Child Poverty in Mozambique. A Situation and Trend ... - Unicef

Figure 2.10: Severe deprivation and absolute poverty among children - 2003
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Source: INE/MPD/UNICEF 2005, additional analysis of the DHS 2003
The deprivations-based measure also indicates that there is no difference between
levels of deprivation for girls and boys. However, analysis of specific severe
deprivations indicates that girls are more severely deprived than boys in terms of
education (see Chapter IV). There is also a correlation between the level of education
of the head of the household and the incidence of poverty among children. For
example, in households where the head has no education, 68 per cent of children live
in absolute poverty compared with 11 per cent in households where the head has
secondary or higher education.
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Figure 2.11: Absolute poverty among children by province
%
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Zambezia Sofala Nampula Tete Cabo
Delgado
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Manica Niassa Gaza Inhambane Maputo Maputo
City
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Source: INE/MPD/UNICEF 2005, additional analysis of the 2003 DHS
Recalculating the absolute measure by three, rather than two deprivations shows that
21 per cent of children at national level (7 per cent in urban areas and 28 per cent in
rural areas) are living with three or more deprivations. By this measure, children in
Zambezia province are also the most affected, with 39 per cent facing three or more
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