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Decimals Wealth Index [message #15210] Sun, 17 June 2018 03:43 Go to next message
Ibby
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Hi,

I am working on GHANA DHS (1993,1998,2003,2008 and 2014). I noticed that, for instance, the wealth index scores for year 2008 are integers, how do you change them to decimal form? Or is it easier to convert the decimal scores to integers?

Thanks,
Re: Decimals Wealth Index [message #15318 is a reply to message #15210] Thu, 28 June 2018 09:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Liz-DHS
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A response from Senior Data Processing Expert, Guillermo Rojas:
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Wealth index scores have 5 implicit decimals. That means that they have to be divided 100000.

[Updated on: Thu, 28 June 2018 09:37]

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Re: Decimals Wealth Index [message #15479 is a reply to message #15318] Mon, 30 July 2018 02:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ibby
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Thank you very much,
Re: Decimals Wealth Index [message #17591 is a reply to message #15210] Sun, 21 April 2019 00:53 Go to previous message
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Can I also have the alpha and beta coefficients for the Philippines, for 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2017 surveys. Thank you
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