NIGERIA OPHI Summer School 2013 Group Francesca Geofrey

NIGERIA OPHI Summer School 2013 Group: Francesca, Geofrey, Gibson, Ismael and Maria

Purpose of the Measure Design a national multidimensional poverty measure to: • Monitor trends and subgroups disparities (regional, ethnicity, others) • Inform policy to improve targeting • Increase coordination and accountability among Gov. institutions Unit of Analysis Household: To capture the overall welfare situation of families in Nigeria

Dimensions & Indicators Dimensio n Education (1/3) Health & Nutrition (1/3) Living Standards (1/3) Deprivation Cut-offs: Deprived if Indicator W Hd - Enrolment of children of primary age (6 -12 years) Years of education (13+ age) - At least one not enroled Anyone with less than 6 years 1/6 48% 31% - Women or children undernourished (women’s BMI, and weight for height of children) Child vaccination, under 5, ever (proxy for access to health care) Under-five mortality, whether a child < 5 has died in the household - Any with less than 18. 5 or any child with <-2 st. dev. 1/6 0. 02 % - At least on death 1/6 Flooring Sanitation Electricity Cooking Fuel Access to drinking water Assets - - - 46% Earth/sand/dung No facility or no flush/latrine No If wood/dung/charc. /none If unprotected or surface If one or none of radio, TV, tel. , bike, motorc. , or refrig. ; or no car/truck Poverty cutoff: k ≥ 1/3 (equivalent of being completely deprived in one dimension) 1/18 1/18 41% 85% 53% 78% 56% 16%