National Family Health Survey 2015-2016

India, 2015 - 2016

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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Feb 07, 2018

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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (hv271)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 123

End: 129

Width: 7

Range: -240323 - 300055

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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