Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 1997

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Reference ID

MOZ_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Instituto Nacional de Estatística [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (C_WEALTHS)

Data file: MOZ1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 457

End: 468

Width: 12

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Description

Definition

WEALTHS (V191) refers to the household's wealth index value generated by the product of standardized scores (z-scores) and factor coefficient scores (factor loadings) of wealth indicators. Most researchers will want to use instead the complementary variable WEALTHQ (V190), which reports quintile ranking (from poorest to richest) of the woman's household, in terms of wealth score, for a given sample.

For further information about the calculation and meaning of the wealth index, see the description of WEALTHQ, the summary information about the wealth index on the DHS Program website here [URL omitted from DDI.] and/or the DHS Comparative Report on "The DHS Wealth Index" here [URL omitted from DDI.].

The variables used to calculate wealth index scores are sample-specific. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Wealth index Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

WEALTHS (V191) is a 12-digit numeric variable.

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