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Graph N ° Women's multidimensional poverty decomposed by deprivation 1:
domain

Total 34 ,7 % 31 ,6% 6 , 7 % ,9% 6 10 ,7% 9 ,3%

Rural 35 ,4 % 3 1 ,7% 2 , 7 % ,3% 4 1 3 ,5% 12 ,4%

Urban 34 ,1 % 31 , 5 % 1 ,7% 0 9 ,5% 7 , % 9 6 ,3%

0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 80 % 90 % 100 %

Years of schooling illiteracy
Health Economic activity
Access to water, electricity and sanitation Housing conditions

Source: personal calculations, RGPH 2004 & 2014 data

At the regional level:
In In 2014, the ranking of regions by the incidence of multidimensional
poverty among women indicates that five regions have a poverty rate higher
than the national average (18.1%). The most affected regions are Beni Mellal-
Khenifra and Draa-Tafilalet with an incidence rate of 24.7% each, followed by
FezMeknes (23.2%), Tangier-Tetouan (22.8%) and Marrakech-Safi (22.6%).
Conversely, the regions with an incidence below the national average are
Dakhla-Wadi Eddahab (4.8%), Laayoune-Sakia Al Hamra (7.5%), Casablanca-
Settat (10.8%), Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (14.3%), Guelmim-Oued-Noun (14.6%),
Souss-Massa (15.5%) and Oriental (17.2%).
Between 2004 and 2014, the incidence of multidimensional poverty
among women declined in all regions of the Kingdom. The Dakhla Oued
Eddahab region experienced the largest decline in terms of the incidence of
multidimensional poverty among women, from 27.5% to 4.8%, followed by
Casablanca Settat, from 32.3% to 10.8% and Laayoune Sakia Al Hamra, from
22.1% to 7.5%.

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