| Dimension | Indicator | Deprived if... | Weight |
| Health | Mortality | Any child has died in the family. | 16.67% |
| Nutrition | Any adult or child for whom there is nutritional information is malnourished. | 16.67% | |
| Education | Years of schooling | No household member has completed five years of schooling. | 16.67% |
| Child school attendance | Any school-aged child is not attending school in years 1 to 8. | 16.67% | |
| Standard of living | Electricity | The household has no electricity. | 5.56% |
| Water | The household does not have access to clean drinking water (according to the MDG guidelines) or clean water is more than 30 minutes walking from home. | 5.56% | |
| Sanitation | The household’s sanitation facility is not improved (according to the MDG guidelines) or it is improved but shared with other households. | 5.56% | |
| Cooking fuel | The household cooks with dung, wood or charcoal. | 5.56% | |
| Floor | The household has dirt, sand or dung floor. | 5.56% | |
| Assets | The household does not own more than one of: radio, TV, telephone, bike, motorbike or refrigerator and does not own a car or truck. | 5.56% |