WEALTHSUR (V191A) is a 7-digit numeric variable with 5 implicit decimal places.
Description
WEALTHSUR (V191A) refers to the household's wealth index value (urban- and rural-specific) generated by the product of standardized scores (z-scores) and factor coefficient scores (factor loadings) of wealth indicators. Many researchers may prefer to use the complementary variable WEALTHQUR (V190A), which reports quintile ranking (from poorest to richest, urban- and rural-specific) of the woman's household, in terms of wealth score, for a given sample.
For additional information about the calculation and meaning of the wealth index, users should consult the Wealth Index summary from The DHS Program website and/or the DHS Comparative Report on The DHS Wealth Index.
The variables used to calculate wealth index scores are sample-specific. See Comparability.
Comparability
The general meaning of WEALTHSUR (V191A) is consistent across samples, but the variables used to calculate the wealth index quintiles and the level of wealth implied by the factor score are urban-/rural-, country-, and survey-specific.
Comparability - Standard DHS
WEALTHSUR (M191A) is included in Phase VII forward of the standard DHS recode.
Universe
- Angola 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Benin 2017: All women age 15-49.
- Burundi 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Ethiopia 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Jordan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Malawi 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Mali 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Myanmar 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Nepal 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Pakistan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Senegal 2017: All women age 15-49.
- South Africa 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Uganda 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 2015: All women age 15-49.
