Research Article

Child Welfare Deprivation in Rural Nigeria: A Counting Approach

Table 2

Weights generated through the multiple correspondence analysis (MCA).

Weight

Housing
Wall material
 Improved wall material1.394
 Unimproved wall material−0.732
Roof material
 Improved roof material0.819
 Unimproved roof material−1.113
Floor material
 Improved floor material1.238
 Unimproved material−0.864

Nutrition
Stunting
 Not stunted0.734
 Stunted−0.863
Underweight
 Not underweight0.790
 Underweight−2.119
Wasting
 Not wasted0.356
 Wasted−1.941