TABLE 2 Reliability Between the Standard DHS Wealth Index and Each Alternative Index Included in the Preliminary Analysis
Alternative AAlternative BAlternative CAlternative D
CountryAgreementKappaAgreementKappaAgreementKappaAgreementKappa
Bangladesh73.20%0.66568.10%0.60160.00%0.50083.22%0.790
Benin85.40%0.81883.30%0.79183.90%0.79983.30%0.791
Cambodia73.20%0.66578.90%0.73675.20%0.69085.26%0.816
Cameroon81.10%0.76478.60%0.73379.10%0.73884.40%0.805
Ethiopia65.90%0.57462.10%0.52662.60%0.53369.30%0.616
Malawi88.60%0.85773.10%0.66464.80%0.56073.10%0.664
Mozambique87.90%0.84878.70%0.73474.50%0.68178.70%0.734
Nepal74.60%0.68277.60%0.72077.20%0.71487.55%0.844
Nigeria76.40%0.70572.20%0.65277.00%0.71274.86%0.686
Pakistan74.20%0.67873.50%0.66971.80%0.64889.22%0.865
Philippines79.20%0.74078.40%0.73078.40%0.73088.17%0.854
Rwanda88.80%0.86078.20%0.72871.40%0.64278.20%0.728
Senegal80.90%0.76176.40%0.70580.50%0.75477.45%0.718
Tanzania81.50%0.76980.30%0.75375.10%0.68985.34%0.817
Uganda76.50%0.70872.60%0.65769.00%0.61286.92%0.837
Zimbabwe86.50%0.83281.70%0.77278.70%0.73480.73%0.759
Median 80.05% 0.751 77.90% 0.724 76.10% 0.701 83.26% 0.791
Range 65.90% to 88.80% 0.574 to 0.860 62.10% to 83.30% 0.526 to 0.791 60.00% to 71.80% 0.500 to 0.648 69.30% to 89.20% 0.616 to 0.865

  • Abbreviation: DHS, Demographic and Health Survey.