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CPS2109 Khalid S. et al.
1. Introduction
Improving the understanding of the Moroccan children’s situation of the
well-being, and the inherent issues and challenges, is a statistical framework
necessary to any actions aimed at breaking the cycle of intergenerational
transmission of vulnerability and poverty, strengthening the pro-poor quality
of public policies, reducing the inequality of opportunities faced by children,
and supporting poor households to raise up their children.
To do this, this study is framed around the following: (i) methodological
and analytical framework of multidimensional child poverty: this axis presents
the approach developed in this study to measure the multidimensional child
poverty; (ii) Comparative Profile welfare and multidimensional child poverty.

2. Methodological Framework: proposing of a measurement approach to
multidimensional child poverty
1
Attempts to conceptualize child poverty are many and lead to a series of
deprivation that prevent this segment of the population to enjoy their rights.
Basically, different definitions opt for three well-being dimensions to define
child poverty: (i) lack of survival means: in other terms, growing up without
access to financial and nutritional resources necessary for survival and
development; (ii) family and community structures’ failure to protect children
(social resources); and (iii) lack of opportunities to participate in political life
(political resources).

3. Measurement methodology of multidimensional child poverty:
combined approach of fuzzy sets and Alkire-Fooster
The measurement of multidimensional poverty of children is based on the
combination of fuzzy set approach and Alkire and Foster approach. It consists
of distributing individuals along a continuum of well-being (between 0 -a
maximum well-being, and no deprivation- and 1 -a minimum welfare marked
by absolute deprivation). The counting method of this measure goes through
four stages, namely: 1) determining the weight of defining the dimensions of
well-being of children; 2) standardization of variables defining the well-being
of children; 3) calculation of the composite of deprivation index 4) calculation
of the indices of multidimensional poverty according Alkire and Fooster
approach.

1 The notion of the Child adopted by the present work is consistent with that of United Nations agencies
and especially UNICEF. Thus we consider child any person whose age is strictly less than 18 years.

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