Demographic and Health Survey 2013

Nigeria, 2013

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Reference ID

NGA_2013_DHS_v01_M

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National Population Commission (NPC)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Jun 30, 2014

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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (hv271)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Valid: 38522

Invalid: 0

Minimum: -251595

Maximum: 280478

Mean: 8.662

Standard deviation: 98092.562

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: -251595 - 280478

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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