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

BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies often require measures of socio-economic position (SEP). The application of principal components analysis (PCA) to data on asset-ownership is one popular approach to household SEP measurement. Proponents suggest that the approach provides a rational method for wei...

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Autores principales: Howe, Laura D, Hargreaves, James R, Huttly, Sharon RA
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Analytic Perspective
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18234082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-7622-5-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248177/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18234082
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-7622-5-3

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