The Human Security Index at the Divisional Level of the Provinces Chapter: 17 THE HUMAN SECURITY INDEX AT THE DIVISIONAL LEVEL OF THE PROVINCES !"#$%&% %(%" *'),4+&(.') % 0$ F)$ 1-2.,(-)9$("#$.)*'+#$#3-,(.*.(5$'=$-*(4-3$'%$.+&4(#8$ ,&#)8.)/$')$ "'4,.)/$.,$*3',#$('$4).(50$!"#%#='%#9$(".,$.,$("#$-&&%'&%.-(#$.)8.*-('%0$ $ The provinces of Pakistan are large regional entities. For example, the population of Punjab !"#$>-%.-63#,$4,#8$='%$8#%.>.)/$("#$IKF$-($("#$8.,(%.*($3#>#3$-%#$&%#,#)(#8$.)$A"-%($DH0D0$ at the time of the latest population census in 2017 was over 110 million. Therefore, from !"#$8-(-6-,#$.,$/.>#)$.)$K(-(.,(.*-3$O))#74%#EFV0$ the viewpoint of targeting initiatives for raising the level of the human sector, there is a need for disagg 7 re 8 g 9 a :; t % i < n '= g <% regionally the geographical area and population within provinces. .?@AH>J%CJ>@%FE:%7E?J;:CH;AE?%EF%;8>%0/.% The pr 9 o ? p @ o %; s 8 e >% d 0­d .% i 9 s ; a %; g 8 g >% r / e AB g A a JA t E i ? o % n $> i B s >D% to take the construction of the HSI down to the division level. This is the highest administrative unit after the Provincial government, headed usually by a Commissioner. There are 30 divisions in Pakistan, with 9 divisions in Punjab and 7 divisions each in the other three provinces. On average, the current size of the population is about 7.5 million. The analysis was not carried down one step further to the district level because there are over 170 districts in Pakistan, with only 1.3 million on average in each district. This would have made it difficult to identify the regional patterns and clustering in terms of the magnitude of the HSI. 17.1 Construction of the HSI The first step has been to estimate the HDI of each Division. Data is generally available at the district level and is aggregated to the division level. " The basic problem is the estimation of the per capita income at the division or district level U>$!F&4#;$!&(!A*0*!(&#!*55!0>$!Q*#6*R5$Bb2/%6;$B!6B!0>$! 2 in Pakistan. The proxy used for deriving the per capita income is housing consumption . In ./0'-,/*%1'2'*3%4,/*5/65-%/*5%4)7'/(%89/-:69;9*,%4:629<=%.>4% Pakistan, the income elasticity of actual or imputed spending on housing is close to unity. $ Therefore, this is the appropriate indicator. % 2 Th $ is is constructed as follows: %\9)(%)(%7-+(*'17*$5%"(%:-33-;(^% !"#$%&'()$ ( ,-$.& )-$./01 % *++ ! a9$'$%M%p%4.$'"#$%+126$'%­W :%'­h ­e 2 re (%, R $'% = 9­A 1( v )+ e # r % a 1 g +) e *0%! n M u % m p%m be %­r :% o 9­f 1 r ( o )+ o #% m 1+ s )*( p %; e ) r *9 h %, o 1 u 77 s " in %'­g -: u 0% nit, PR=% of housing units with pucca roof, !a%p%m%-:%9-1()+#%1+)*(%;)*9 P %, W 177 = "% % ;" o 33( f @% housing units with pucca walls. ! !-*./0+'1M2'$-0'9()*7'&0:(+4/,'D7E0F'*/'/-0'<4=45467*>'O0=0>'68'/-0'A+6=47:05' ! 147