As of 2016, approximately 5.5 percent of Indian population was multidimensionally poor and deprived in school attendance. This reflected a much lower percentage population living in multidimensional poverty and deprivation of school attendance ten years prior in India, which recorded almost 20 percent. 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. School attendance and years of school are the two indicators of the health dimension.
Share of multidimensionally poor and deprived population in the school attendance indicator in India in 2006 and in 2016
According to the source, people who are multidimensionally poor and deprived in
each indicator refers to the percentage of the population that is multidimensionally poor and deprived in the given indicator.
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UNDP. (October 7, 2021). Share of multidimensionally poor and deprived population in the school attendance indicator in India in 2006 and in 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272658/india-multidimensionally-poor-and-deprived-population-in-school-attendance/
UNDP. "Share of multidimensionally poor and deprived population in the school attendance indicator in India in 2006 and in 2016." Chart. October 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272658/india-multidimensionally-poor-and-deprived-population-in-school-attendance/
UNDP. (2021). Share of multidimensionally poor and deprived population in the school attendance indicator in India in 2006 and in 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272658/india-multidimensionally-poor-and-deprived-population-in-school-attendance/
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Share of multidimensionally poor and deprived population in the school attendance indicator in India in 2006 and in 2016 [Graph], UNDP, October 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272658/india-multidimensionally-poor-and-deprived-population-in-school-attendance/
