Author(s)

Steve Bertrand Mboko Ibara^1,2, Dukken Gaphi Ossouna²

¹Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
²National Institute of Statistics, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

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.

Multidimensional Poverty, Children under Five, Alkire and Foster Approach, Logit Model

Mboko Ibara, S. and Ossouna, D. (2021) Determinants of Multidimensional Poverty among the Under-Five: Illustration Based on Data from the Congo Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey. Theoretical Economics Letters, 11, 363-380. doi: 10.4236/tel.2021.112024.