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Re: Wealth Index Indicator [message #12106 is a reply to message #11756] Tue, 28 March 2017 18:09 Go to previous message
Liz-DHS
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A response from Dr. Shea Rutstein:
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The attached file has the combined, urban and rural wealth indexes with scores and quintiles. The format is

Write will generate the following

Variable          Rec   Start     End  Format
HHID                1       1      12  A12
comp1               1      13      23  F11.5
Ncomp1              1      24      26  F3.0
urbwlth             1      27      37  F11.5
Nurbwlth            1      38      40  F3.0
rurwlth             1      41      51  F11.5
Nrurwlth            1      52      54  F3.0 

HHID is the household identification, comp1 is the combined wealth index score, Ncomp1 is the quintile for the comp1, urbwlth and Nurbwlth are for urban areas and rurwlth and Nrurwlth are for rural areas.


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