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. 2018 Apr 3;8(4):e016853. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016853

Table 2.

The Multidimensional Poverty Index deprivation score indicators

Definition Weights (%)
Health
 A household member is malnourished 16.7
 A child has died in the last 5 years 16.7
Education
 No one in the household has completed at least 6 years of school 16.7
 A school-age child (7–15) is not enrolled in school 16.7
Living standard
 No electricity 5.6
 No access to clean drinking water or source of clean drinking water >30 min walk 5.6
 Household lacks improved sanitation, or shares with other households 5.6
 Dirty cooking fuel is used (dung, wood or charcoal) 5.6
 Household has a dirt, sand or dung floor 5.6
 Household does not own a radio, television or telephone, and does not own a means of transportation (bike, motorbike, car, truck, animal cart, motorboat) or a means of livelihood (refrigerator, arable land, livestock) 5.6