Child Equity Atlas - BIDS

Pockets of Social Deprivation
Pockets of Social Deprivation
7.0.0 The preceding chapters discussed the
demographic profile of the population, population
distribution, housing conditions, access to sanitary
toilets and electricity, educational attainments by
gender of various age cohorts of children, youths
and adults, the dimension and distribution of out
of school children and child workers in Bangladesh
and specifically in Dhaka City Corporation (DCC);
to show deprivations and progress over time
between the 2001 and 2011 censuses.
7.0.1 This chapter ascertains the pockets of
social deprivation in the country by constructing
a composite social deprivation index. A total of
eight indicators used to construct the deprivation
count and composite index, are listed in the text
box.
Composite social deprivation index
- population below 18 years;
- female teenage (15-19 years) married
population;
- children (age 6-10 years) out of school in
primary education;
- children (age 11-15 years) not attending
secondary school;
- female (age 15 years and above) who are
illiterate;
- child worker (age 10-14 years) who are
not in school and engaging in paid work;
- households without access to sanitary
toilet; and
- households without electricity connection
7.0.2 Two alternative methods used to compute
social deprivation have been elaborated below.
Country-wide pockets of social deprivation have
been identified at districts and the sub-districts
(upazilas), as well as ward levels in DCC.
7.0.3 Method one is a Deprivation Count where
the range of values for each of the indicators
is categorized into five quintiles (as used for
the Maps) with one as the best and five as the
worst in the first place. Then, deprivation is
defined as having a value in the fourth or fifth
quintile. Finally, the number of deprivations for
the geographical areas for the eight indicators is
counted and taken into consideration.
7.0.4 Method two is a Composite Deprivation
Index (CDI), where, as in the deprivation count,
the range of values for each of the indicators is
categorized into five quintiles (as used for the
Maps) with one as the best and five as the worst
in the first step. Then, by giving equal weight to
all indicators, the points (quintile values) for all
geographical areas for all indicators are summed
up. Finally, the areas with the most points are
defined as the most deprived and vice-versa.
The resulting deprivation Map is based upon the
technique used in other Maps.
7.0.5 Maps 7.1 and 7.2 present the pockets
of social deprivation by district and upazila,
respectively, by using social deprivation count
(method 1), and Maps 7.3 and 7.4 have been
constructed for districts and upazilas using
composite deprivation index (method 2).
Similarly, pockets of social deprivation in the
different wards of DCC are presented in Maps 7.5
and 7.6, respectively.
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