Dimensions

Indicator/Deprivation thresholds

Weight

Nutrition

Children who are more than two standard deviations below the international reference population for stunting (height for age), wasting (weight for height), or underweight (weight for age). Standardization follows algorithms provided by the WHO Benchmark Child Growth Study (WHO 2006).

1/8

Water

Children who use water from an unimproved source, such as an open well, an open-source, or surface water (Unicef 2006)

1/8

Sanitation

Children use unimproved sanitation facilities such as slab fewer pit latrines, open pit latrines, bucket toilets, and hanging toilets (WHO and UNICEF 2006).

1/8

Health

A child over 12 months old has not received three DTP vaccines, or the parents did not receive assistance from an unqualified birth attendant during the child’s birth.

1/8

Early Childhood Education

A 36- to 59-month-old child not attending preschool education or a child under 3 years old living in the same household where a preschool-aged child (36 - 59 months) is not enrolled in a preschool education program.

1/8

Electricity

Children living in a household that does not have access to electricity

1/8

Housing

Children living in a house without a floor covering (e.g., dirt or manure flooring) or with an inadequate roof (e.g., thatch, palm leaf)

1/8

Violence

The child lives in a household where a child aged 2 to 14 is subjected to all types of physical abuse at the hands of his or her parents

1/8