Estimating the absolute wealth of households;Estimer la richesse absolue des ménages;Estimación de la riqueza absoluta de los hogares

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 483-490

  Hruschka, Daniel J ^a   Gerkey, Drew ^b   Hadley, Craig ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WORLD BANK;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANTHROPOMETRY; FAMILY SIZE; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INCOME;

EID: 84936103327     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.14.147082     Document Type: Article

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