Table 2 Dimensions, indicators and weight in the computation of multidimensional poverty index

Education

V1: Child schooling

Deprived if any school aged child (6–14) in the household is not attending school

0.17

0.04

0.04

0.24

V2: Educational level of head of household

Deprived if the household head did not complete Class 5 or more

0.17

0.41

0.64

0.63

Living Standard

V3: Consumption poor

Deprived if the per capita income of the household is in the poorest quintile (bottom 20% of the distribution)

0.08

0.20

0.20

0.20

V4: Asset Ownership

Deprived if the household does not own more than one radio, TV, mobile, telephone and does not own a motor cycle or car or truck

0.08

0.12

0.17

0.55

V5:Housing

Deprived if both floor and roof are of grass/thatch/bamboo/plastic/tarpaulin/mud

0.08

0.15

0.12

0.13

V6:Food Sufficiency

If the household does not have sufficient food for all 12 months

0.08

0.08

0.05

0.18

Energy, water and sanitation

V7: Electricity

Deprived if the household does not use electricity for lighting from Grid

0.11

0.49

0.19

0.83

V8: Improved Drinking Water

Deprived if the household does not have access to improved drinking water or it takes 30 min or more to walk from home, round-trip for most of the year

0.11

0.37

0.50

0.24

V9: Improved Sanitation

Deprived if the household uses open defecation or open pit

0.11

0.40

0.59

0.34