Multidimensionally poor and deprived population in child mortality in India 2006-2021
As of 2021, the child mortality rate of multidimensionally poor and deprived Indian population stood at over one percent. This reflected a lower rate among population living in multidimensional poverty and deprivation in India. According to the source, a multidimensional poor individual is deprived in one-third or more of ten indicators across three equally weighted dimensions: health, education, and standard of living. Child mortality and nutrition are the two indicators of the health dimension.
