| Dimension | Indicators | Is poor if … | Weight |
| Education | Schooling year | No household member of 10 years of age or older has completed 5 years of education | 1/6 |
| School attendance | A school-going age child does not go to school until he or she can complete primary school. | 1/6 | |
| Health | Infant mortality | The household has experienced a child death in the last 5 years | 1/6 |
| Nutritiona | A child or adult in the household, for whom nutritional information is available, is malnourished | 1/6 | |
| Living conditions | Electricity | Household does not have running electricity | 1/18 |
| Sanitation | Household sanitation facilities are not adequate or are used in common with other households | 1/18 | |
| Drinking water | The household does not have access to safe drinking water or this access is 30 minutes or more on foot for a round trip | 1/18 | |
| Floor covering | The floor of the house is made of mud, dung or sand | 1/18 | |
| Cooking energy | The household uses dung, wood or coal as cooking fuel | 1/18 | |
| Capital goods | The household does not own more than one of the following: radio, TV, telephone, bicycle, motorcycle, refrigerator, and does not have a car or truck | 1/18 |