Table 2.
Summary of social, economic, and household indicators for each of the five clusters of 103 countries*
| Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 | Cluster 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Most frequent (>10%) median proportions of FHH16 (in descending order)† |
hmfC (43%) |
hmfC (28%) |
hmfc (15%) |
hmfc (34%) |
hMFC (31%) |
|
| hmFC (13%) |
hmFC (16%) |
hmfC (15%) |
hMfc (11%) |
hmfC (18%) |
||
| hmfc (13%) |
hMFC (15%) |
hMFC (14%) |
hmFC (10%) |
hmFC (13%) |
||
|
|
hmfc (13%) |
|
hMFC (10%) |
|
||
|
Predominant world regions – n = number of countries of a region in cluster (% of countries per region out of total in cluster)
|
WCA – n = 10/22 (48%) |
WCA – n = 8/22 (36%) |
WCA |
WCA |
WCA – n = 4/22 (29%) |
|
| ESA – n = 10/18 (48%) |
ESA – n = 7/18 (32%) |
ESA – n = 1/18 (4%) |
ESA |
ESA |
||
| MENA |
MENA-2/9 (9%) |
MENA |
MENA – n = 5/9 (28%) |
MENA – n = 2/9 (14%) |
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| EECA – n = 1/16 (4%) |
EECA |
EECA – n = 1/16 (4%) |
EECA – n = 12/16 (67%) |
EECA – n = 3/16 (21%) |
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| SA |
SA – n = 1/7 (5%) |
SA – n = 2/7 (7%) |
SA |
SA – n = 3/7 (21%) |
||
| EAP |
EAP – n = 2/11 (9%) |
EAP – n = 7/11 (25%) |
EAP |
EAP – n = 2/11 (14%) |
||
| LAC |
LAC – n = 2/20 (9%) |
LAC – n = 17/20 (61%) |
LAC – n = 1/20 (5%) |
LAC |
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|
Country Income level (GNI per capita)
|
Median Description
|
LIC
|
LMIC
|
UMIC
|
UMIC
|
LMIC
|
|
Median
|
$740 |
$1795 |
$5300 |
$4635 |
$1340 |
|
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
$550-$1090 |
$1440-$3570 |
$3240-$7665 |
$3560-$8430 |
$850-$3960 |
|
|
Gini Index
|
Median
|
43% |
43% |
43% |
33% |
35% |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
39%-45% |
36%-49% |
36%-48% |
29%-36% |
32%-37% |
|
|
Gender Inequality Index
|
Median
|
0.55 |
0.56 |
0.42 |
0.27 |
0.54 |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
0.53-0.64 |
0.54-0.62 |
0.36-0.48 |
0.19-0.33 |
0.46-0.58 |
|
|
Gender Development Index
|
Median
|
0.87 |
0.91 |
0.97 |
0.97 |
0.82 |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
0.83-0.93 |
0.87-0.97 |
0.95-1.0 |
0.92-1.0 |
0.77-0.88 |
|
|
Fragile States Index
|
Median
|
Alert |
Warning |
Warning |
Warning |
Warning |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
87-100 |
80-95 |
65-79 |
67-79 |
82-101 |
|
|
% FHH over all households
|
Median
|
29% |
28% |
35% |
21% |
17% |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
22%-33% |
18%-38% |
27%-40% |
15%-36% |
13%-23% |
|
|
Age of women heads
|
Median
|
49.22yrs |
49.57yrs |
52.46yrs |
54.73yrs |
52.63yrs |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
43.71-54.75 |
43.03-54.79 |
46.21-56.83 |
46.56-61.26 |
45.40-57.29 |
|
|
Proportion of FHH among poorest 40% of the pop.
|
Median
|
0.35 |
0.35 |
0.37 |
0.34 |
0.28 |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
0.23-0.48 |
0.24-0.46 |
0.26-0.45 |
0.25-0.46 |
0.14-0.40 |
|
|
Proportion of FHH residing in rural areas
|
Median
|
0.63 |
0.5 |
0.39 |
0.25 |
0.39 |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
0.41-0.77 |
0.36-0.70 |
0.22-0.60 |
0.12-0.26 |
0.19-0.60 |
|
|
Proportion of women heads with no or primary education
|
Median
|
0.81 |
0.7 |
0.47 |
0.26 |
0.73 |
|
Country variation (IQR)
|
0.67-0.91 |
0.51-0.84 |
0.27-0.67 |
0.05-0.54 |
0.37-0.83 |
|
| Proportion of women heads currently married among FHH without a husband‡ |
Median
|
0.21 |
0.17 |
0.15 |
0.08 |
0.24 |
| Country variation (IQR) | 0.13-0.33 | 0.10-0.24 | 0.07-0.27 | 0.04-0.15 | 0.14-0.42 | |
IQR – interquartile range, WCA – West and Central Africa, ESA – Eastern and South Africa, MENA – Middle East and North, EECA – Eastern Europe and Central Asia, SA – South Asia, EAP – East Asia & the Pacific, LAC – Latin American and the Caribbean Africa, LIC – low-income country, LMIC – lower-middle income country, UMIC – upper-middle income country, HIC – high income country, GII – gender inequality index, GDI – gender development index, FSI – fragile states index, FHH16- female-headed household typology, H – husband; M – other males; F – other females; C – children
*Source: DHS and MICS, 2010-2019
†A capital letter indicates the presence of the member while a lower-case letter indicates absence
‡This indicator is only present for 47 countries with DHS survey.