Table 1 Dimensional breakdown of multi-dimensional poverty at regional and provincial level.

From: Investigation of multidimensional poverty in Pakistan at the national, regional, and provincial level

Dimension

Indicators

National MPI

MPI

Regional

Provincial

Urban

Rural

Punjab

Sindh

KPK

Baluchistan

Education

Years of Schooling

28.2%

33.3%

27.1%

29.9%

27.5%

27.3%

27.8%

Attendance

16.5%

21.8%

15.4%

19.0%

15.2%

16.1%

15.4%

Health

Nutrition

18.9%

21.4%

18.4%

18.8%

19.9%

19.8%

16.7%

Child Mortality

1.1%

1.3%

1.0%

1.6%

1.2%

0.7%

0.5%

Living Standards

Electricity

2.4%

1.0%

2.7%

1.5%

2.9%

2.4%

3.1%

Cooking fuel

8.8%

4.7%

9.6%

9.5%

8.5%

9.1%

7.6%

Sanitation

6.2%

3.1%

6.8%

5.7%

7.0%

4.2%

8.0%

Drinking Water

2.5%

2.1%

2.6%

0.6%

1.5%

4.1%

4.6%

Housing

8.2%

5.6%

8.8%

7.1%

8.2%

8.7%

9.2%

Asset Ownership

7.2%

5.8%

7.5%

6.4%

7.9%

7.5%

6.9%

  1. Source: Author’s Calculations.