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 DimensionIndicator Deprivation Cut-offs: Deprived if WHd Education (1/3) -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% Health & Nutrition (1/3) -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. -At least on death 1/6 0.02% 46% Living Standards (1/3) -Flooring -Sanitation -Electricity -Cooking Fuel -Access to drinking water -Assets -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 1/18 41% 85% 53% 78% 56% 16% Poverty cutoff: k ≥ 1/3 (equivalent of being completely deprived in one dimension)