TABLE 3 Reliabilitya of the National Wealth Distribution Between the Standard DHS Wealth Index and Each of 3 Alternative Indices Recommended by the Expert Panel Group
Alternative BAlternative DAlternative E
CountryAgreementKappaAgreementKappaAgreementKappa
Bangladesh82.50%0.72790.74%0.85584.17%0.753
Benin91.02%0.86091.02%0.86084.91%0.764
Cambodia87.66%0.80792.23%0.87988.36%0.818
Cameroon88.20%0.81690.99%0.85985.26%0.770
Ethiopia75.97%0.62480.95%0.70284.73%0.761
Malawi83.44%0.74183.44%0.74184.30%0.755
Mozambique89.75%0.84089.75%0.84086.09%0.783
Nepal87.13%0.79994.08%0.90786.44%0.788
Nigeria87.52%0.80589.21%0.83185.22%0.768
Pakistan85.99%0.78194.47%0.91486.29%0.786
Philippines87.55%0.80593.09%0.89285.09%0.766
Rwanda86.83%0.79486.83%0.79484.13%0.752
Senegal87.92%0.81188.22%0.81686.22%0.785
Tanzania88.93%0.82792.12%0.87784.65%0.756
Uganda83.84%0.74892.88%0.88985.70%0.777
Zimbabwe91.48%0.86790.79%0.85685.46%0.773
Median 87.53% 0.805 90.89% 0.856 85.24% 0.769
Range 75.97% to 91.48% 0.624 to 0.867 80.95% to 94.47% 0.702 to 0.914 84.13% to 88.36% 0.752 to 0.818
  • a Reliability assessed after grouping the 5 wealth quintiles into 3 groups: the lowest 40% (Q1+Q2), middle 20% (Q3), and richest 40% (Q4+Q5).