Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - 2015

Rwanda, 2014 - 2015

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Reference ID

RWA_2014_DHS_v01_M

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Jun 03, 2016

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Jun 07, 2017

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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (hv271)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 118

End: 124

Width: 7

Range: -161666 - 396455

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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