NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western Regionsbetter life: only 21 percent of women from the poorest quintile perceived a better life compared to58 percent of women from the richest quintile.Table SW.3: Perception of a better lifePercentage of women aged 15–24 years who think that their lives improved during the year preceding the survey and who expect thattheir lives will improve in the year subsequent to the survey, MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionImproved during the yearpreceding the surveyPercentage of women who think that their lifeWill improve in the yearsubsequent to the surveyBoth [1]No. of women aged15–24 yearsMid-Western 41.2 49.5 32.6 1,579Far Western 55.3 63.5 47.1 1,319SubregionAgeAreaMid-Western Mountains 33.4 54.0 28.2 161Mid-Western Hills 34.8 42.5 25.8 817Mid-Western Terai 52.0 57.8 43.0 601Far Western Mountains 53.8 61.4 44.2 175Far Western Hills 33.3 42.8 25.0 363Far Western Terai 65.8 73.6 58.0 78115–19 years 51.6 60.7 43.0 1,51120–24 years 43.3 50.6 35.0 1,387Urban 57.1 60.9 48.5 334Rural 46.4 55.2 38.0 2,565Marital/union statusCurrently married/in union 43.9 50.2 35.1 1,504Never married/in union 51.8 62.0 43.6 1,391EducationNone 37.3 43.7 28.7 689Primary 38.9 47.4 29.4 589Secondary + 55.2 64.2 47.2 1,619Wealth index quintilePoorest 25.2 38.8 20.8 413Second 38.3 47.4 29.2 580Middle 48.7 57.8 40.4 624Fourth 52.2 58.2 40.5 648Richest 64.9 70.5 57.7 633Total 47.6 55.9 39.2 2,898[1] MICS Indicator SW.3Two cases with missing ‘education’ and three cases with missing ‘marital/union status’ not shown195