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It is a "simple" sentence, but I can't find any information how I should parse
and interpret this part.

> これでも用心深い **ほうなんで** ね。
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Meaning of ほうなんで?
Do you already know how to make a comparison using ほう and より in Japanese? If
not, please learn it first.

  * [Japanese Grammar – Making Comparisons](http://www.punipunijapan.com/yori-hou-ga/)
  * [Japanese Comparison: より, …の方が, and …で一番](https://www.wasabi-jpn.com/japanese-grammar/japanese-comparison/)

The sentence in question is an extension of this. While there is no explicit
comparison target marked with ～より, this ほう still means "comparatively" or
"relatively".

> これでも用心深いほうなんでね。  
>  Despite my appearance, (if one has to categorize me either as a cautious or
> as a careless person,) I'm comparatively a cautious person, you know.  
>  I'm a more cautious person than I may look, you know.

これでも (literally "even with this") is a set phrase, "although you may think
otherwise" or "although I may not look like it".

Similar examples:

>   * このケーキは甘いほうだ。 This cake is relatively sweet.
>   * 私はよく寝るほうです。 I'm relatively a good sleeper.
>   * あまりテレビは見ないほうです。 I'm not a kind of person who watches TV often.
>

Related:

  * [What does the word「あるほうで」 mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/23883/5010)
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方(ほう) is used to make comparisons.

用心深いほう means "the more cautious one".

Examples from
[プログレッシブ和英中辞典](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E6%96%B9/#je-68957):  

> 4 〔比べられる物の一方〕a side; a part
>
> その小さい方をください  
>  Give me the smaller one.
>
> 私の方の手落ちでした  
>  The fault was mine.
>
> 彼の方に不服はなかった  
>  There was no dissatisfaction on his part.
>
> 私たちは皆彼の方についた  
>  All of us sided with him.
>
> 生活は今の方が前より楽だ  
>  I am better off than I used to be.

and from
[デジタル大辞泉](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/200925/meaning/m1u/%E6%96%B9/):

> ３ 二つ以上あるもののうちの一つをとりあげてさす語。  
>  「黒い方が好きだ」  
>  「もっと味を濃くした方がいい」  
>  「こちらの方が悪かった」  
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