for the multiple deprivation analysis the numerator is the cumulative number of deprivations among children deprived in the selected number of dimensions out of a total of five dimensions although a good indication of deprivation incidence the headcount ratio h is not sensitive to the breadth of multidimensional poverty as it remains unchanged regardless of whether children who are identified as multidimensionally poor suffer from two to three or four to five deprivations simultaneously for this reason two additional ratios are used in the analysis applying the alkire and foster methodology the average deprivation intensity among the deprived a measures the breadth of multidimensional deprivation