Table 1.
Dimensions, indicators, deprivation cutoffs, and indicators' weight
| Dimension | Indicators | Deprived if / Deprivation Cutoff | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | Stunting | Child's Height-for-Age below -2 standard deviation from WHO reference | 1/16 |
| Wasting | Child's Weight-for-Height below -2 standard deviation from WHO reference | 1/16 | |
| Assisted Delivery | Child's birth is not assisted by any health personnela | 1/16 | |
| Full Immunisation | Child is not timely vaccinated with all age-appropriate vaccinesb | 1/16 | |
| Early Childhood Development | Mother's Education | Mother has no formal schooling | 1/8 |
| Birth Registration | Child's birth is not registered | 1/8 | |
| Standard of Living | Housing Condition | Child lives in an inadequate housing condition i.e., floor/roof/wall is made of natural/rudimentary materialsc | 1/20 |
| Electricity | No Electricity at home | 1/20 | |
| Cooking Fuel | Household uses unclean/unimproved cooking fueld | 1/20 | |
| Overcrowding | Household has more than 4 members per sleeping room (rooms excluding kitchen) | 1/20 | |
| Information | Household does not have access to Television/Radio/Newspaper | 1/20 | |
| WASH | Drinking Water | Household does not have access to safe drinking watere, or the round-trip walking time from the house to the source is more than 30 min | 1/12 |
| Sanitation Facility | Household does not have an improved toilet facilityf or the facility is shared with other households | 1/12 | |
| Hand Hygiene | Household does not have a specific place for hand hygiene, or water and soap or other cleansing agentg is not present at the place for hand hygiene | 1/12 |
Source: The indicators were derived from India's National Multidimensional Poverty Index Baseline Report [46] & SDGs Targets [47]
aHealth personnel: "Doctor, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM), Nurses, Midwives & Lady health visitors"
bAge-appropriate Vaccines: 0–5 Months → BCG, OPV-0, and Hep B-0; 6–11 Months → BCG, OPV-0, Hep B-0, OPV-1, 2, 3, and Pentavalent- 1, 2, 3; 12–23 Months → BCG, OPV-0, Hep B-0, OPV-1, 2, 3, Pentavalent- 1, 2, 3, and MMR/Measles-1; 24–35 Months → BCG, OPV-0, Hep B-0, OPV-1, 2, 3, Pentavalent- 1, 2, 3, MMR/Measles-1, 2, and DTP Booster-1. Where BCG-Bacillus Calmette-Guerin; Hep B-Hepatitis B; OPV-Oral Polio Vaccine; DTP-Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis; MMR-Measles, Mumps, and Rubella vaccine; and the numbers indicate a dose order
cFloor: mud/earth, sand, dung, other; Wall: no wall, cane/palms/trunk, mud/dirt; Roof: no roof, thatch/palm leaf mud/earth/lump of earth
dUnclean cooking fuels: “Coal/Lignite; Charcoal; Wood; Straw/shrubs/grass; Agricultural crop; Animal dung”
eSource of Safe Drinking Water: "Piped water into dwelling/yard/plot; Public tap/Standpipe; Tube well or Borehole; Protected dug well; Protected spring; Rainwater; and community RO plant"
fImproved toilet facility: "Flush/pour flush to piped sewer system, septic tank, or pit latrine; Pit latrine with slab; Ventilated improved pit (VIP)/biogas latrine and twin pit/composting toilet"
gCleaning agents other than soap include locally available materials such as ash, mud or sand