TABLE 1 Number of Survey Questions Required for the Standard DHS Wealth Index and for Each Alternative Simplified Index

Country, Survey Type and Year	Variables Included^a	Number of Survey Questions
Country, Survey Type and Year	Standard DHS Index	Standard DHS Index	Alternative A	Alternative B	Alternative C	Alternative D	Alternative E
Bangladesh, DHS 2011	CS, U/R, H, A	33	25	17	22	30	8
Benin, DHS 2011–12	CS, U/R, H, A	41	31	21	28	30	6
Cambodia, DHS 2010	CS, H	30	29	21	26	26	14
Cameroon, DHS 2011	CS, U/R, H, A	47	31	21	28	30	9
Ethiopia, DHS 2011	CS, U/R, H, A	36	29	20	26	25	14
Malawi, MIS 2012	U/R, H, A	25	26	19	23	19	17
Mozambique, DHS 2011	U/R, H, A	33	29	21	26	21	10
Nepal, DHS 2011	CS, U/R, H, A	44	30	20	27	29	10
Nigeria, DHS 2013	CS, U/R, H, A	26	30	21	27	28	11
Pakistan, DHS 2012–13	CS, U/R, H, A	47	29	21	26	34	14
Philippines, DHS 2013	CS, U/R	30	19	19	19	25	9
Rwanda, MIS 2013	CS, U/R, H, A	38	28	19	25	19	15
Senegal, DHS 2012-13	CS, U/R, H, A	41	28	19	25	28	18
Tanzania, AIS 2012–13	CS, U/R, H, A	37	31	21	28	24	8
Uganda, DHS 2011	CS, U/R, H, A	41	30	20	27	28	10
Zimbabwe, DHS 2010–11	CS, U/R, H, A	38	28	21	25	26	16

Abbreviations: AIS, AIDS Indicator Survey; DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; MIS, Malaria Indicator Survey.
↵a Variables included in the original DHS analysis, beyond the core variables from the DHS VI questionnaire. CS, country-specific; U/R, urban and rural areas analyzed separately before combining; H, Hectares or land area; A, animals.