Table 6.
Share of households by favored gender
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(a) Stunting (% of households) | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan |
Albania |
Belize |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Gambia |
Guyana |
Lao PDR |
Mongolia |
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| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Boys | 83.8 | 90.6 | 74.3 | 77.2 | 81.1 | 83.0 | 88.9 | 93.8 | 76.5 | 70.6 | 84.6 | 78.7 | 67.2 | 64.2 | 75.2 | 85.4 |
| Girls | 16.2 | 9.4 | 23.6 | 21.5 | 18.9 | 16.3 | 10.8 | 5.7 | 22.8 | 29.2 | 15.4 | 20.8 | 32.5 | 35.5 | 23.9 | 13.8 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Nigeria |
Serbia |
Sierra Leone |
Suriname |
Swaziland |
Togo |
Iraq |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Boys | 71.9 | 67.3 | 87.6 | 94.5 | 67.9 | 63.3 | 91.0 | 88.8 | 64.9 | 72.6 | 75.71 | 68.18 | 76.1 | 79.5 |
| Girls | 27.0 | 32.0 | 12.2 | 4.9 | 29.8 | 34.9 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 34.7 | 26.7 | 23.37 | 30.91 | 23.5 | 20.4 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Average | All | Y1 | Y2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Boys | 78.1 | 77.8 | 78.5 |
| Girls | 21.2 | 21.6 | 20.9 |
|
(b) Birth registration (% of households) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan |
Albania |
Belize |
Burundi |
Cameroon |
Côte d’Ivoire |
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| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 2.2 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Boys | 39.2 | 40.7 | 27.8 | 34.8 | 24.2 | 21.1 | 26.6 | 33.1 | 21.1 | 36.6 | 21.1 | 21.3 |
| Girls | 58.7 | 57.4 | 68.1 | 61.4 | 75.8 | 78.5 | 72.7 | 66.0 | 77.9 | 61.2 | 78.3 | 77.8 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Gambia |
Guyana |
Lao PDR |
Mongolia |
Nigeria |
Serbia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 5.2 |
| Boys | 15.9 | 31.2 | 35.3 | 43.6 | 32.9 | 32.8 | 44.7 | 41.1 | 9.9 | 10.9 | 21.8 | 36.3 |
| Girls | 82.6 | 67.3 | 63.4 | 54.4 | 66.5 | 66.3 | 51.6 | 55.4 | 89.8 | 88.8 | 76.2 | 58.5 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.095 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Sierra Leone |
Suriname |
Swaziland |
Togo |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Vietnam |
Iraq |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.48 | 1.55 | 3.0 | 6.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Boys | 20.2 | 26.3 | 29.8 | 31.6 | 30.0 | 27.6 | 30.39 | 26.92 | 32.6 | 41.3 | 38.2 | 32.9 | 76.1 | 79.5 |
| Girls | 77.4 | 71.5 | 68.7 | 67.2 | 68.9 | 71.7 | 67.13 | 71.53 | 64.4 | 52.4 | 61.0 | 65.6 | 23.5 | 20.4 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.042 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Average | All | Y1 | Y2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| Boys | 32.3 | 30.4 | 34.2 |
| Girls | 65.9 | 68.0 | 63.9 |
|
(c) School attendance (% of households) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan |
Albania |
Belize |
Burundi |
Cameroon |
Côte d’Ivoire |
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| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Boys | 54.0 | 52.7 | 20.0 | 44.2 | 49.0 | 50.5 | 43.7 | 48.8 | 41.3 | 47.8 | 48.8 | 48.1 |
| Girls | 45.1 | 46.6 | 79.7 | 54.4 | 49.7 | 49.0 | 55.5 | 50.8 | 58.0 | 51.2 | 50.0 | 50.4 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.735 | 0.320 | 0.000 | 0.022 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.092 | 0.001 |
| Gambia |
Guyana |
Lao PDR |
Mongolia |
Nigeria |
Serbia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 0.58 | 1.18 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Boys | 8.61 | 47.12 | 44.5 | 49.3 | 50.2 | 50.3 | 45.1 | 45.4 | 46.9 | 46.2 | 41.8 | 44.4 |
| Girls | 90.81 | 51.7 | 54.3 | 50.1 | 49.6 | 49.2 | 54.3 | 53.4 | 52.4 | 52.7 | 56.7 | 52.1 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.523 | 0.493 | 0.044 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Sierra Leone |
Suriname |
Swaziland |
Togo |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Vietnam |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 0.9 |
| Boys | 52.2 | 48.7 | 45.2 | 47.3 | 44.2 | 49.7 | 50.0 | 52.8 | 43.8 | 46.4 | 45.5 | 44.6 |
| Girls | 46.6 | 50.1 | 54.0 | 51.8 | 54.5 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 45.9 | 52.7 | 49.7 | 50.3 | 54.5 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.029 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.403 | 0.199 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Average | All | Y1 | Y2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| Boys | 45.5 | 43.0 | 48.0 |
| Girls | 53.2 | 55.7 | 50.7 |
|
(d) Working hours (% of households) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria |
Burundi |
Cameroon |
Togo |
Côte d’Ivoire |
Suriname |
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| Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y1 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Boys | 83.4 | 87.2 | 75.0 | 93.0 | 85.1 | 85.1 | 89.5 | 97.6 | 88.3 | 91.4 | 87.5 | 94.1 |
| Girls | 16.3 | 12.7 | 24.4 | 7.0 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 10.0 | 2.4 | 11.6 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 5.3 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Mongolia |
Sierra Leone |
Swaziland |
Guyana |
Vietnam |
Gambia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y1 | Y1 | Y1 | Y2 | Y2 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | Y1 | Y2 | |
| None | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.05 | 0.55 | 2.18 | 0.60 |
| Boys | 82.2 | 82.2 | 77.0 | 90.7 | 88.4 | 84.8 | 75.8 | 80.6 | 84.33 | 89.85 | 72.48 | 85.12 |
| Girls | 17.4 | 17.4 | 22.0 | 9.1 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 22.8 | 17.5 | 15.62 | 9.60 | 25.34 | 14.29 |
| Probability > F | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Average | All | Y1 | Y2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Boys | 86.0 | 81.8 | 90.2 |
| Girls | 13.5 | 17.6 | 9.4 |
Source: Author’s calculation based on Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data.