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In table SW.3, women’s perceptions of a better life areshown. The proportion of young women who think thattheir lives improved during the previous one year andbelieve that it will get better after one year is 43 percent. Thecorresponding indicator for young men, presented in tableSW.3M, is lower than that of young women (36 percent).Differences in the perception of a better life can be observedby wealth quintiles: young women (poorest quintile) andmen (poorest and second quintile) are less likely to think thattheir lives improved during the last one year and that it willget better after one year, than young women and men thatlive in households in the richest quintile.Table SW.3: Perception of a better life, Serbia, 2010Percentage of women age 15–24 years who think that their lives improved duringthe last one year and who expect that their lives will get better after one yearImproved during thelast one yearPercentage of women who think that their lifeWill get better afterone yearBoth 1Number of women age15–24 yearsAge15–19 48.1 84.8 44.9 65920–24 45.2 81.7 41.7 705RegionBelgrade 46.7 82.5 45.5 321Vojvodina 47.6 75.4 41.7 317Sumadija and Western Serbia 45.8 83.4 41.3 392Southern and Eastern Serbia 46.4 91.1 44.9 333AreaUrban 49.2 84.8 45.5 814Rural 42.7 80.8 40.0 549Marital Status*Currently married/in union 45.3 74.0 40.6 243Never married/in union 47.1 85.4 44.1 1109EducationPrimary 32.3 68.9 27.5 112Secondary 48.3 84.0 45.0 789Higher 47.2 85.3 44.1 457Wealth index quintilePoorest 30.6 75.9 28.4 199Second 49.9 81.7 47.5 276Middle 47.6 84.3 42.5 267Fourth 46.0 84.9 42.9 287Richest 52.9 86.5 49.4 334Total 46.6 83.2 43.2 13641MICS indicator SW.3* Disaggregation categories “Widowed”, “Divorced” and “Separated” are not shown in the table due to a small number of occurrences (less than 25 unweighted cases)248MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2010