Demographic and Health Survey 2013

Sierra Leone, 2013

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Reference ID

SLE_2013_DHS_v01_M

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Statistics Sierra Leone (SSL)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Oct 01, 2014

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Jun 08, 2017

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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (hv271)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 121

End: 127

Width: 7

Range: -143418 - 682691

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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