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Demographic and Health Survey 2010

Rwanda, 2010 - 2011
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RWA_2010_DHS_v01_M
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)
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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Feb 26, 2013
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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (hv271)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 116
End: 122
Width: 7
Range: -165339 - 833051
Format: Numeric

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Wealth index variables - Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)
Generated with a statistical procedure known as principal components analysis, the wealth index places individual households on a continuous scale of relative wealth. DHS separates all interviewed households into five wealth quintiles to compare the influence of wealth on various population, health and nutrition indicators. The wealth index is presented in the DHS Final Reports and survey datasets as a background characteristic
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