This research’s objectives were to discuss
the measurement of multidimensional poverty among children under five years of
age and research the explanatory factors of this poverty. Using data from the
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) carried out in 2015, a
multidimensional poverty index for children under five years old was
constructed using Alkire and Foster (2011). The private dimensions of children
are early childhood education, health, and sanitation. Estimates carried out
show that in 2015, multidimensional poverty affected 35 percent of children
under five years old in Con-go-Brazzaville. Also, the factors explaining this
poverty include, among other things, the mothers’ lack of education, place of
residence, the household’s standard of living, and the presence of several
children in the same house-hold. The results suggest the need to redress rural
areas’ disadvantages, particularly regarding access to basic social services.
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