Table 1 Dimensions and indicators, deprivation cut-off points, mean and weights used in estimating multidimensional poverty, India, 2015–16

Education

1. Years of Schooling

No household member (aged 14+) has completed at least eight years of schooling.

2. Current School attendance

Any school-age child in the household (up to grade 8) is not attending school.

Health

3. Under nutrition

Any household member is malnourished, as measured by the body mass index for adults (BMI < 18.5) and by the height-for-age z-score calculated based on World Health Organization standards for children under age 5

4. Child mortality

Any child has died in the household within the five years prior to the survey.

Standard of living

5. Electricity

Household is not having access to electricity.

6. Drinking water

Household is not having access to clean drinking water or having access to clean drinking water through a source that is located 30 min away or more by walking.

7. Sanitation

Household is not having access to improved sanitation facilities or having access only to shared improved sanitation facilities.

8. Cooking fuel

Household is using “dirty” cooking fuel (dung, wood or charcoal).

9.Housing

The household has inadequate housing: the floor is made of natural materials or the roof or walls are made of rudimentary materials.

10. Assets

The household does not own more than one of these assets: radio, TV, telephone, computer, animal cart, bicycle, motorbike, or refrigerator, and does not own a car or truck.