Table 2 Multidimensional Deprivation Dimensions/Indicators/Deprivation Threshold for Children.
Dimension | Indicator | Threshold for deprivation | Incidence of deprivation (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Education | Attending school | Child not attending school is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 3.45 |
Education concern | Parents exhibit “a little” or “seldom” educational concern is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 7.45 | |
Health | Medical treatment | Child who is ill with no hospital visit or medication purchase is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 1.08 |
Medical insurance | Child with no medical insurance is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 25.03 | |
Illness | Child experienced illness within the last month is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 17.40 | |
Survival and development | Family income | Child’s household per capita income falls within the bottom 25th percentile is assigned as 1, otherwise it is 0 | 25.89 |
Cooking fuel | Child living in a house with no cleaning cooking fuel is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 31.76 | |
Water | Child living in a house with no tap water is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 35.44 | |
Protection | Father absence | Child has been separated from father for more than six months is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 27.48 |
Mother absence | Child has been separated from mother for more than six months is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 20.02 | |
Nutrition | Abnormal weight | Child whose weight is more than 2 standard deviations below or above WHO reference weight is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 4.52 |
Stunting | Child whose height is more than 2 standard deviations below WHO reference height is assigned value 1, otherwise it is 0 | 1.61 |
