Child Welfare Deprivation in Rural Nigeria: A Counting Approach

Table 6

Dimensional deprivation rates of children by region.

(a)

Dimension	All	Region						Sig.
		North Central	North-East	North-West	South-East	South-West	South-South
Safe drinking water	63.1	62.8	77.6	59.0	47.1	65.6	48.8	0.000
Sanitation	96.1	96.5	99.9	98.8	90.0	88.9	91.9	0.000
Housing	58.5	46.1	80.8	75.1	28.6	32.8	33.9	0.000
Health	79.2	74.2	90.6	93.8	49.4	67.2	55.5	0.000
Nutrition (see Table 6(b))	32.3	24.3	41.2	45.5	17.6	16.1	18.9	0.000

(b)

Indicator	All	Region
		North Central	North-East	North-West	South-East	South-West	South-South
Stunting	45.9	46.8	50.7	54.5	27.5	33.2	37.8
Wasting	15.5	9.0	21.2	22.3	10.1	7.1	8.4
Underweight	27.2	21.5	34.4	39.0	12.6	13.1	14.5