the views expressed are those of the authors dimensions and indicators for three age groups and were selected as the result of a broad consultative process with key stakeholders convened by unicef armenia based on nationally representative data from the armenian integrated living conditions survey the study finds that per cent of children under are deprived in or more dimensions with a substantially higher rate in rural than in urban areas the highest rates of deprivation are in access to utilities quality housing and leisure activities more than one in four children are both multidimensionally deprived and live in consumptionpoor households while more than one in three are deprived but do not live in poor households the findings suggest that to target the most vulnerable children policies should concentrate on closing the ruralurban divide in infrastructure and on strengthening social safety nets especially in rural areas