Consider the following statements with respect to Multidimensional poverty index or MPI 1 It consist...........

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Consider the following statements with respect to Multidimensional poverty index or MPI:

1. It consists of 3 dimensions – Health, Education and Standard of Living – and 10 indicators.

2. The ten indicators under MPI are equally weighted.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

The indicators Child Mortality, Nutrition, Years of Schooling and Enrolment numbers are equally weighted with 1/6th weightage to each member whereas the remaining six indicators: cooking fuel, toilets, water, electricity, flooring and assets consist of 1/18th weightage each. Therefore, not all 10 indicators are equally weighted.