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Multidimensional Deprivation among Children in India and Bangladesh

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Multidimensional poverty among children continues to be a serious issue. The paper examines multidimensional deprivation of children in different age groups based on Demographic and Health Survey data from India and Bangladesh. The extent of child poverty has been measured based on multidimensional poverty approach and multidimensional overlapping deprivation approach (MODA). Further, logistic regression has been used to determine the chances of multidimensional deprivation among children in the two age group, i.e. 0 to 5 years and 6 to 17 years, for both India and Bangladesh. It is found that multidimensional poverty among children is higher in Bangladesh than in India in both age groups. Further, the intensity of poverty remains lower among children in the 6 to 17 years age group compared to the 0 to 5 years category in both India and Bangladesh. Logistic regression results indicate that educated and empowered mothers reduce the chances of multidimensional deprivation of children. The results suggest that there is a need to develop child age-centric, region and dimension-specific social policy to reduce multidimensional poverty among children and to protect the child’s rights.

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Table 4 Deprivation Headcount Ratio by place of Residence and Wealth Class among 0 to 5 years children in India (%)
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Table 5 Deprivation Headcount Ratio by place of Residence and Wealth Class among 6 to 17 years children in India (%)
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Table 6 Deprivation Headcount Ratio by place of Residence and Wealth Class among 0 to 5 years children in Bangladesh (%)
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Table 7 Deprivation Headcount Ratio by place of Residence and Wealth Class among 6 to 17 years children in Bangladesh (%)
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Table 8 Multidimensional Child Poverty in India among children aged 0 to 5 year
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Table 9 Multidimensional Child Poverty in India among children aged 6 to 17 year
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Table 10 Multidimensional Child Poverty in Bangladesh among children aged 0 to 5 year
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Table 11 Multidimensional Child Poverty in Bangladesh among children aged 6 to 17 year
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Contributions of Indicators to overall Poverty in Rural India among Children Aged 0 to 5 Years: State level Analysis. Source: Author’s own calculation based on NFHS-4 India

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Contributions of Indicators to overall Poverty in Urban India among Children Aged 0 to 5 Years: State level Analysis. Source: Author’s own calculation based on NFHS-4 India

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Contributions of Indicators to overall Poverty in Rural India among Children Aged 6 to 17 Years: State level Analysis. Source: Author’s own calculation based on NFHS-4 India

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Contributions of Indicators to overall Poverty in Urban India among Children Aged 6 to 17 Years: State level Analysis. Source: Author’s own calculation based on NFHS-4 India

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Contributions of Indicators to overall Poverty in Rural Bangladesh among Children Aged 0 to 5 Years: Division wise Analysis. Source: Author’s own calculation based on DHS 2014 Bangladesh

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Contributions of Indicators to overall Poverty in Urban Bangladesh among Children Aged 0 to 5 Years: Division wise Analysis. Source: Author’s own calculation based on DHS 2014 Bangladesh

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Contributions of Indicators to overall Poverty in Rural Bangladesh among Children Aged 6 to 17 Years: Division wise Analysis. Source: Author’s own calculation based on DHS 2014 Bangladesh

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Contributions of Indicators to overall Poverty in Urban Bangladesh among Children Aged 6 to 17 Years: Division wise Analysis. Source: Author’s own calculation based on DHS 2014 Bangladesh

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