Issues in the construction of wealth indices for the measurement of socio-economic position in low-income countries

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Howe, Laura D ^a   Hargreaves, James R ^a   Huttly, Sharon R A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALAWI; MEASUREMENT; PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEALTH INDICES;

EID: 39649107094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-5-3     Document Type: Article

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