Table A1.

Comparison of asset index specification, 2019.

Specification	Cronbach's alpha score	Correlation with natural log of real per capita expenditure	Remarks
Number of assets owned (4 variables), normal correlation	0.0394	0.2325
Asset & private dwelling structure (16 binary variables), normal correlation	0.7572	0.5941	Highest correlation
Asset & private dwelling structure (16), tetrachoric correlation		0 . 5893	Chosen measure
Asset, private dwelling structure, & Food Insecurity Experience Scale/FIES (24), normal correlation	0.8021	0.4457
Asset, private dwelling structure, & FIES (24), tetrachoric correlation		0.5304

Author's calculations using Susenas 2019, March wave.