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Solomon Islands: Analysis of Poverty from 2005/2006 HIES106. Table 20 provides an analysis of all females byexpenditure decile in the urban centres (Honiaraand Provincial) and the rural areas. This indicatesin particular that 39% of all urban femalesunder 15 years were living in households in thelowest three deciles. This compares with 36.4%of those aged 15 years and above in thesedeciles. The situation was similar in the ruralareas where the corresponding figures were34% and 35.7%. In contrast the table indicatesthat, notwithstanding the higher proportionof female headed households in the highestquintile in Honiara, in aggregate females areunder-represented in the highest quintiles in allboth age groups and in both urban and ruralareas.7.4 Children in Poverty107. The survey results indicate that there were223,603 (41.9%) children under the age of15 (115,020 boys and 108,583 girls, a ratio of106 boys per 100 girls) in the total estimatedpopulation of 533,671. Of these, 24,990 childrenwere to be found in Honiara (equivalent to36.1% of the Honiara population) and 6,796in the provincial urban centres (41.7% of theprovincial urban population). The remainderbeing the large majority, 191,817, were in therural areas, and represented 42.8% of the ruralpopulation.108. Overall it is estimated that 32.9% of all childrenlive in HH in the lowest three expendituredeciles. Girls account for 33.5% of all childrenin these HH compared with 32.4% of boys. Incomparison 24.8% of girls and 24.0% of boys livein HH in the highest three expenditure deciles.Children are also slightly over-represented inthe lowest quintile, with 22.6% of children being in these HH. These results are illustrated in Chart 12.109. The household analysis indicates that children in Honiara are more likely to be living in the poorest householdsthan in other parts of the country. In Honiara 38.7% of children live in households in the three lowest expendituredeciles. This compares with 34.3% of those in provincial urban households and 33.6% in rural households.32Estimation of National Poverty Lines and Poverty Incidence
Solomon Islands: Analysis of Poverty from 2005/2006 HIES110. Combining an analysis of children in the poorest householdsand those in female headed households suggests thatthose living in such circumstances are amongst the mostdisadvantaged. Table 21 provides a comparison between thesituation of children in all households compared with thoseliving in a female headed HH. Of the 8,841 children in femaleheaded HH in the rural areas 41.0% are living in HH in thelowest three expenditure deciles, this compares with 33.6%overall. In Honiara 39.9% of children in female headed HH arein the lowest three deciles compared to 38.7% in all HoniaraHH Children in Honiara in female headed households arehowever also slightly more likely to be in HH in the highestquintile, 23.9% compared to only 14.9% across all HoniaraHH. Children in rural female headedhouseholds are however less likely to bein the highest quintile, only 13.3%. But inthe rural areas only 15.1% of all childrenlive in highest quintile HH.111. The table does show however that thereare relatively far fewer children in femaleheaded households since only a smallproportion of households are indeedheaded by females.7.5 Economic Activity112. A summary of the principal economic% of HH80706050403020100Chart 13Honiara Households: Economic Activity by Deciles and Sexmales females males females males females males females males females males femalesWorking full time(W&S)Working part time(W&S)Working - producesaleBottom three decilesWorking - h’ holdconsumeHighest three decilesactivity of the heads of HH is shown in Table 22. In particular, the table indicates the significance of full/part timewage employment for urban HH relative to those in the rural areas. In Honiara 78.8% of all HH heads are in someform of full or part time employment; even in the lowest three deciles the proportion is 75.6%. In contrast, in therural areas only 16.6% of HH heads are in employment. This proportion falls to 9.5% for those in the lowest threedeciles.113. The lack of employment opportunities in the rural areas is reflected in the one-third of all HH heads engaged inproduction for home consumption (46.4% of those in the lowest three deciles). This compared to 2.3% in totaland 4.6% of the lowest three decile HH heads in Honiara who were similarly engaged in home production. ThisTable 22Principal Activity of Heads of HouseholdUnemployedDomestic duties% of HH heads engaged in Full/part time EmploymentProduce for Own ConsumptionUnemploymentPer capita HHexpenditure deciles National HoniaraProvincialUrbanRuralNationalHoniaraProvincialUrbanRuralNationalHoniaraProvincialUrbanRuralAverage all Households 25.378.869.216.628.82.31.133.323.311.820.125.0Lowest Quintile10.873.460.610.945.55.20.044.522.616.227.823.3Lowest Three Deciles10.875.661.99.545.24.62.246.423.714.723.823.4Highest Quintile47.185.374.425.69.60.00.818.118.44.614.822.2Estimation of National Poverty Lines and Poverty Incidence33
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