Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of individual child deprivation indicators by gender (%)
| Variables | National | Rural | Urban | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | |
| Food deprivation of children under 5 | 47.78 | 52.90 | 51.95 | 58.87 | 41.39 | 44.21 |
| Education deprivation of children 6 through 17 | 25.26 | 20.19 | 33.86 | 26.15 | 14.33 | 11.76 |
The columns report the percentage of children deprived in each indicator. A high percentage means that a large number of children are deprived in the indicator
Source: Author’s computation using DHS data