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latrine, simple pit latrine, ventilated improved pit latrine, service or bucket latrines where excreta are
removed manually, public latrines, or open latrine. Analyzes were performed using data on children less
than age 5 from the Household Member Recode (PR) files. The following DHS variables were used:
• Use of surface water: hv201
• More than a 15-minute walk to their water source: hv204
• Lack of access to any sanitation facilities whatsoever in or near their homes: hv205
Health deprivation
Children severely deprived of health needs included children who had not received any of the
eight EPI immunizations, who had diarrhea in the last two weeks, or who had diarrhea in the last two
weeks without obtaining medical advice. Since immunizations start soon after birth, all children are
eligible to meet the condition of having had no immunizations. Fully immunized status was not used; this
would have excluded a large proportion of the children, since, following the recommended immunization
schedule, no six-month-old is fully immunized (Gordon, 2003). Analyzes were performed using the data
from the children (KR) files:
• have not received any of the eight EPI immunizations: h0, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, h7, h8, and h9.
• had diarrhea in the last two weeks: h11
• had untreated diarrhea in the two weeks prior to the survey for which no medical advice was
obtained: h12z
Shelter deprivation
This section includes analyses of children who lived in a dwelling that had a mud floor or that did
not have electricity. Analyzes were performed using data on children less than age 18 from the
Household Member Recode (PR) files. The following DHS variables were used:
• dwelling that had a mud floor: hv213
• dwelling that did not have electricity: hv206
Education deprivation
This section analyzes whether children ages 7 through 17 have received no education, were not
attending school during the year of the interview, or had dropped out of school (had not attended school
for the last two years). Analyzes were performed using data from the Household Member Recode (PR)
files. The following DHS variables were used:
• have received no education: hv129, hv105
• were not attending school during the year of the interview: hv121, hv105
• had dropped out of school: hv105, hv121, hv125
Variables for stratified analyses
Analyses were stratified using the following sociodemographic characteristics:
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