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Distribution of indicators of household wealth from survey data |
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| Indicator |
Variables considered for PCA Mean (SD), Range |
Groupings |
N |
% |
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| N |
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| Estimated value of selected non-livestock assets per person a (Quintiles) |
1548 (3211), 0–76664 |
0 ZAR |
415 |
28.2 |
| 1–131 ZAR |
173 |
11.8 |
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| 132–348.5 ZAR |
293 |
19.9 |
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| 350–1100 ZAR |
295 |
20.1 |
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| > 1100 ZAR |
295 |
20.1 |
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| Estimated value of selected livestock assets per person a (Quintiles) |
873 (1809), 0–28160 |
0 ZAR |
468 |
31.6 |
| 1–220 ZAR |
120 |
8.1 |
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| 220–1115 ZAR |
300 |
20.3 |
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| 1115–2440 ZAR |
296 |
20.0 |
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| > 2440 ZAR |
297 |
20.1 |
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| Land tenureb |
0.3 (0.5), 0 (no) – 1(yes) |
No |
1070 |
72.3 |
| Yes |
410 |
27.7 |
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| Quality of house wall materiala |
3.9 (1.5), 0 (poorest) – 6 (best) |
Poor |
807 |
54.5 |
| Good |
675 |
45.5 |
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| Quality of toilet facility |
1.8 (0.4), 1 (no facility) – 3 (modern) |
No facility |
272 |
18.4 |
| Basic |
1195 |
80.7 |
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| Modern |
14 |
1.0 |
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| Household Electricityb |
0.7 (0.5), 0 (no) – 1(yes) |
No |
468 |
31.6 |
| Yes |
1012 |
68.4 |
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| Accessibility of water supplyb |
1.7 (0.5), 1(low) – 3 (good) |
Low |
489 |
33.1 |
| Medium |
929 |
62.9 |
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| Good |
60 |
4.1 |
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| Density of household living conditions a |
0.9 (0.8), 0.1–8 rooms per person |
<= 1 rm per person |
1127 |
76.2 |
| >1 rm per person |
352 |
23.8 |
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| Proportion of household members receiving a regular incomea |
0.2 (0.2), 0–1 |
0 |
292 |
19.7 |
| Less than 25% |
560 |
37.8 |
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| 25–49% |
408 |
27.5 |
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| 50% or more |
222 |
15.0 |
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| Educational level of household heada |
3.0 (1.7), 1 (illiterate)-8 (university) |
No schooling |
562 |
38.0 |
| Attended primary |
546 |
36.7 |
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| Attended secondary or more |
372 |
25.1 |
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| Percentage of household members working age adultsb |
0.6 (0.2), 0–1 |
50% or less |
558 |
37.9 |
| >50% |
915 |
62.1 |
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| Gender of household head |
0.6 (0.5), 0 (female) – 1(male) |
Female |
587 |
39.6 |
| Male |
894 |
60.4 |
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| Second most important household incomeb |
0.6 (0.5), 0 (Non-financial)-1(financial) |
Non-Financial |
561 |
37.9 |
| Financial |
921 |
62.1 |
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| Regularity of household having a meal consisting of mielie meal alone, bread alone or worse |
2.3 (1.2), 1 (Often)-4 (Never) |
Often |
525 |
35.5 |
| A few times |
413 |
27.9 |
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| Once only |
136 |
9.2 |
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| Never |
407 |
27.5 |
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| Car ownershipc |
- |
No |
1200 |
81.0 |
| - |
Yes |
281 |
19.0 |
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| Schooling (7–13 yrs)c |
- |
Any not attending |
35 |
3.5 |
| - |
All attending |
958 |
96.5 |
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| Schooling(14–19 yrs)c |
- |
Any not attending |
177 |
19.2 |
| - |
All attending |
747 |
80.8 |
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| Schooling (20–25 yrs)c |
- |
All not achieved college or techikon |
692 |
90.6 |
| - |
Any achieved college or technikon |
72 |
9.4 |
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a denotes variables grouped for presentation in table, but where an ordered or continuous variable was used in the PCA analysis. b denotes variables considered for inclusion in the principal components analysis but not included in the final analysis c denotes variables not considered for inclusion in the principal components analysis Non-livestock assets comprised cars, televisions, hi-fis, fridges, bicycles, cellphones. Livestock assets were cows, goats, chickens. Low accessibility of water supply was defined as those collecting rain or stream water, medium level access was through a borehole or tap in the village, while those with high quality access were those with a tap in the plot of the dwelling. ZAR = South African Rand | ||||
Hargreaves et al. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 2007 4:4 doi:10.1186/1742-7622-4-4 |
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