Demographic and Health Survey 2013

Namibia, 2013

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Reference ID

NAM_2013_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Dec 24, 2014

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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (hv271)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Valid: 9849

Invalid: 0

Minimum: -147519

Maximum: 278067

Mean: -0.00122

Standard deviation: 98834.489

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: -147519 - 278067

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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