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Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2012 - 2013
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PAK_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (M_WEALTHSMN)

Data file: PAK2012-M.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 433
End: 444
Width: 12
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Description

Definition
WEALTHSMN (MV191) 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 WEALTHQMN (MV190), which reports quintile ranking (from poorest to richest) of the man'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 WEALTHQMN, 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.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Wealth index Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
WEALTHSMN (MV191) is a 12-digit numeric variable.
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