Demographic and Health Survey 2013-2014

Zambia, 2013 - 2014

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ZMB_2013_DHS_v01_M

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Central Statistical Office (CSO), Ministry of Health

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Apr 20, 2015

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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (hv271)

Data file: RECH2

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Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 117

End: 123

Width: 7

Range: -107120 - 567195

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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