Figure 2b: Kenya: Deprivation Rates across Multiple Dimensions for Individuals with and without Disabilities Individual Not Employed Household is Asset Deprived (see text)
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Individual has less than Primary Education
0.80 0.60
Household cooks on wood, charcoal, or dung
0.40
PCE under $2/day
0.20 -
Household lacks a hard floor
Medical Expense ratio > 10%
Household lacks adequate sanitation
Household lacks electricity Household lacks clean water source
With Disability
No Disability
All households are ranked by their asset index score from the lowest (bottom) to the highest asset index score, and categorized by quintile (with cutoffs at the 20th, 40th, 60th, and 80th percentiles for the five quintiles). Then, the percentage of households with disabilities that are in the bottom quintile is presented and compared to the percentage of other households in the bottom quintile. For instance, if more than 20 percent of households with disabilities are in the bottom quintile, households with disabilities are overrepresented in the bottom quintile. This procedure is repeated for PCE. As shown in Table 3, households with disabilities are significantly overrepresented in the bottom asset index score quintile of all households, with 36 percent of households with disabilities forming part of this group, compared to 19 percent of households without disabilities (Chi-sq<0.05). Using the expanded definition of disability, households with disabilities are also overrepresented in the bottom PCE quintile of all households, with 28 percent of households with disabilities forming part of this group, compared to 19 percent of households without disabilities (Chi-sq<0.05). Identifying poverty by comparing non-medical PCE to international poverty lines also shows a statistically significant difference across household disability status. Approximately 50 percent of households with disabilities fall below the US$1.25 a day poverty line, compared to 38 percent of other households (Chi-sq<0.05). The difference across poverty status across disability status is not statistically significant at the US$2 a day poverty line (62 percent versus 53 percent). Figures 3a and 3b illustrate poverty comparisons across disability for the US$1.25 and US$2 a day poverty lines.
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