above the cut off defined. The scores across all dimensions are then added for each household to determine its vulnerability. occupation of a household is an occupation from where Principal occupation-Principal 50 percent or more of its earnings come from. For our multidimensional definition, we have used the following occupations -cultivator household, construction worker, agricultural labour, canvasser, delivery man, newspaper boy, ambulance driver, auto rickshaw driver, stone fixer, and mason. Some of these occupations are hazardous such as stone mason, construction worker, etc. and these are also the occupations where bottom 20 percent of the population lies (based on mpce). Education-We define an educationally vulnerable household as one where all members of a household who are in the working age group (18-60 years) are educated till middle school and below. Education, or the lack of it, makes one vulnerable, in case the head of the household who is in the working age group loses his/her job. Widow headed households-A household where a widow in the working age group is the head of the household is taken as vulnerable. education provides skills to a member, and is an Vocational education –Vocational investment for the future. Those households where all members in the age group of 15-29 years have no vocational education are defined as vulnerable. Numbers of dependents - Dependents in the household greater than the All-India urban average are considered vulnerable households. Dependents are defined as the non working age group adults greater than 60 years of age and children less than 18 years of – age. Tables 1 and 2 provide the distribution of multidimensional counts and incidence of dimensions that make a household vulnerable. Table 1: Distribution of Multidimensional Counts Proportion of Extra Proportion of poor HHs (mpce non all Proportion of Poor poor but Households HHs (mpce and multidimensional Multidimensional cut off (HHs) multidimensional) poor) 1 38.16 15.90 44.60 2 36.33 36.91 36.16
above the cut off defined. The scores across all dimensions are then added for each household to determine its vulnerability. Principal occupation-Principal occupation of a household is an occupation from where 50 percent or more of its earnings come from. For our multidimensional definition, we have used the following occupations -cultivator household, construction worker, agricultural labour, canvasser, delivery man, newspaper boy, ambulance driver, auto rickshaw driver, stone fixer, and mason. Some of these occupations are hazardous such as stone mason, construction worker, etc. and these are also the occupations where bottom 20 percent of the population lies (based on mpce). Education-We define an educationally vulnerable household as one where all members of a household who are in the working age group (18-60 years) are educated till middle school and below. Education, or the lack of it, makes one vulnerable, in case the head of the household who is in the working age group loses his/her job. Widow headed households-A household where a widow in the working age group is the head of the household is taken as vulnerable. Vocational education –Vocational education provides skills to a member, and is an investment for the future. Those households where all members in the age group of 15-29 years have no vocational education are defined as vulnerable. Numbers of dependents - Dependents in the household greater than the All-India urban average are considered vulnerable households. Dependents are defined as the non working age group – adults greater than 60 years of age and children less than 18 years of age. Tables 1 and 2 provide the distribution of multidimensional counts and incidence of dimensions that make a household vulnerable. Table 1: Distribution of Multidimensional Counts Multidimensional cut off Proportion of all Households (HHs) Proportion of Poor HHs (mpce and multidimensional) Proportion of Extra poor HHs (mpce non poor but multidimensional poor) 1 38.16 15.90 44.60 2 36.33 36.91 36.16
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