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Analyses to what extent do education, health and nutrition poverty rates differ by the spatial and social characteristics of households; and how has the composition of education, health and nutrition poverty changed since the 1990s in terms of the spatial and social characteristics of households. Provides an analysis of education, health and nutrition poverty in low-income countries (LICs) and lower middle-income countries (LMICs) by geography, education, employment and ethnicity characteristics of the household head based on the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from countries with surveys in both the 1990s and 2000s. Suggests that the composition of education, health and nutrition poverty has changed somewhat since the 1990s in terms of the spatial and social characteristics of households.