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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Mean and confidence interval of dimensional indicators of education, health and consumption expenditure in India, 2011–12

From: Multidimensional poverty, household environment and short-term morbidity in India

Serial no.

Dimensions

Indicators

Assigned weights

Mean

(95% CI)

1

Education

School enrolment (V1): at least one child in the schoolgoing age (6–14 years) in the household currently not attending school

0.167

0.061

(0.060–0.063)

Years of schooling (V2): no adult member (15 years and above) in the household has completed 5 years of schooling

0.167

0.138

(0.137–0.140)

2

Health

Nutrition (V3): the household has any undernourished (BMI <18.5) ever-married women (15–49 years)

0.167

0.166

(0.165–0.168)

Health insurance (V4): the household does not have any health insurance and salaried member

0.167

0.731

(0.729–0.733)

3

Economic

Consumption expenditure (V5): if the household falls below the consumption expenditure threshold limit (official poverty line)

0.167

0.212

(0.210–0.214)

Household assets (V6): if a household does not have more than one of television, telephone, motorbike or refrigerator, and does not own a car

0.167

0.378

(0.376–0.380)