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possible error of wealth index in Mali and Zimbabwe [message #13415]

Fri, 03 November 2017 14:52

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The wealth index is normalized with mean 0 and standard deviation 1. But the wealth index in Mali and Zimbabwe have a very large standard deviation (more than 8). Is there something wrong with this data?

I am using Zimbabwe Standard DHS in 2015 and Mali Standard DHS, 2012-13.

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