this shows the existence of ethnic and gender inequalities but on a different level it is important to note that the coefficients remain unchanged when the regression is not controlled for time effects which means that despite the reduction in the level of multidimensional poverty the level of inequality did not change between and one additional point on the household dependency ratio is associated with a multidimensional poverty level that is points higher a singleparent household has on average a level of multidimensional poverty points higher than that of a household with two parents