Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004

Reference ID

LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Jan 16, 2021

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Wealth index factor score (5 decimals) (M_WEALTHSMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 371

End: 382

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 Indexâ? 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

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

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