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Enquête Démographique et de Santé et à Indicateurs Multiples 2012

Niger, 2012
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NER_2012_DHS_v01_M
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Institut National de la Statistique (INS)
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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Wealth index (hv270)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 122
End: 122
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 5
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category
1 Poorest
2 Poorer
3 Middle
4 Richer
5 Richest
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Others

Notes
Wealth index variables - Wealth index
The wealth index is a composite measure of a household's cumulative living standard. The wealth index is calculated using easy-to-collect data on a household’s ownership of selected assets, such as televisions and bicycles; materials used for housing construction; and types of water access and sanitation facilities.
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