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Comparative Wealth Index for BDHS-2014 [message #9671]

Tue, 03 May 2016 04:20

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suzzon
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Dear DHS experts,

Is it possible to share the Constant (Alpha) and Coefficient (Beta) for constructing Comparative Wealth Index of BDHS 2014.

Moin

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Re: Comparative Wealth Index for BDHS-2014 [message #9710 is a reply to message #9671]

Mon, 09 May 2016 13:17

Liz-DHS
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Dear User,
If you click on http:// dhsprogram.com/topics/wealth-index/Wealth-Index-Construction .cfm then click on Bangladesh DHS 2014 for Excel and PDF you will be able to get this information.
If you have further questions, please feel free to post again.
Thank you!

[Updated on: Fri, 03 June 2016 15:05]

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Re: Comparative Wealth Index for BDHS-2014 [message #9817 is a reply to message #9710]

Wed, 25 May 2016 07:54

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It was a question about Comparative Wealth index not DHS calculated wealth index.

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Re: Comparative Wealth Index for BDHS-2014 [message #9913 is a reply to message #9817]

Mon, 06 June 2016 09:59

Liz-DHS
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Dear User,
A response from Dr. Shea Rutstein:
Quote:

The CWI coefficients for Bangladesh are:
Alpha=-0.4070435 Beta =0.7505171.

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Re: Comparative Wealth Index for BDHS-2014 [message #9981 is a reply to message #9913]

Tue, 14 June 2016 05:46

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Thanks a lot.

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