Table 2.

Equity indicators used in the assessments included in the analysis

Equity criterion	Number of assessments in which the indicator was used*	Comparable USAID PROGRESS Indicators
Socioeconomic status (SES):
Household income categories	45	Wealth
Household assets (production, other assets such as savings)	5	Wealth
Maternal education	9	Gender
Social standing (ethnicity, caste, religion, parent marital status)	8	Ethnicity
Parent occupation	1	Wealth
Other:
Geographic location of residence (urban vs rural)	24	Geography
Child’s sex	3	Gender
Nutritional status	4	Wealth
Maternal age	2	Age
Country–level Human Development Index (HDI)	1	Wealth

*The column total is 82 since many of the assessments in our review included more than one equity indicator.