Table 2.
Overview of included assets, household asset possession and asset scores in the first survey (before the armed conflict in Côte d'Ivoire, August 2002).
| Asset variable | Proportion of households possessing the asset | Mean (āk) | SD (sk) | Eigenvector (fk) | Household score if household | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wealth quintiles | |||||||||||
| Most poor | Very poor | Poor | Less poor | Least poor | Total | Unweighted | First component (='raw' asset factor) |
Has asset | Does not have asset | ||
| Possession of land | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.81 | 0.92 | 0.923 | 0.267 | -0.1024 | -0.0295 | 0.3538 |
| Possession of house | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.962 | 0.193 | -0.0463 | -0.0092 | 0.2309 |
| People per sleeping rooma | 4.5a | 4.3a | 2.5a | 2.6a | 2.9a | 2.7a | 2.662 | 2.255 | -0.1580 | ---b | ---b |
| Type of wall | |||||||||||
| Wood | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.011 | 0.105 | -0.1021 | -0.9663 | 0.0107 |
| Mud/clay | 0.87 | 0.33 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.346 | 0.477 | -0.2723 | -0.3731 | 0.1976 |
| Cement | 0.08 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 0.64 | 0.643 | 0.481 | 0.2926 | 0.2175 | -0.3915 |
| Type of roof | |||||||||||
| Thatch | 0.60 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.143 | 0.351 | -0.2789 | -0.6812 | 0.1136 |
| Tiles | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.039 | 0.193 | 0.0424 | 0.2115 | -0.0085 |
| Corrugated sheets | 0.38 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 0.82 | 0.819 | 0.386 | 0.2321 | 0.1089 | -0.4919 |
| Energy source for cooking | |||||||||||
| Wood | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 0.978 | 0.147 | -0.0606 | -0.0091 | 0.4032 |
| Coal | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.027 | 0.164 | 0.0782 | 0.4640 | -0.0129 |
| Electronic devices | |||||||||||
| Electricity in house | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.49 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.51 | 0.511 | 0.501 | 0.3419 | 0.3335 | -0.3485 |
| Refrigerator | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 0.050 | 0.217 | 0.1376 | 0.6016 | -0.0313 |
| Radio | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.65 | 0.86 | 0.92 | 0.65 | 0.654 | 0.477 | 0.2211 | 0.1604 | -0.3030 |
| Television | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.36 | 0.86 | 0.27 | 0.269 | 0.445 | 0.3287 | 0.5400 | -0.1989 |
| Ventilator | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.115 | 0.320 | 0.2143 | 0.5917 | -0.0772 |
| Video | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.074 | 0.0633 | 0.8511 | -0.0043 |
| Sanitation infrastructure and personal protection | |||||||||||
| No toilet | 0.73 | 0.81 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.40 | 0.396 | 0.490 | -0.2762 | -0.3405 | 0.2232 |
| Uncemented toilet | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.093 | 0.292 | -0.0693 | -0.2153 | 0.0221 |
| Cemented toilet | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.68 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.49 | 0.494 | 0.501 | 0.3028 | 0.3058 | -0.2986 |
| Soap | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.989 | 0.105 | 0.0189 | 0.0020 | -0.1780 |
| Insecticide spray | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.20 | 0.198 | 0.399 | 0.1516 | 0.3047 | -0.0752 |
| Mosquito net | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.23 | 0.231 | 0.422 | 0.0743 | 0.1354 | -0.0407 |
| Main mean of transportation | |||||||||||
| Feet/walking | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.84 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.80 | 0.797 | 0.404 | -0.2331 | -0.1174 | 0.4601 |
| Bicycle | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.126 | 0.333 | 0.1985 | 0.5204 | -0.0753 |
| Car/motorbike | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.077 | 0.267 | 0.1044 | 0.3607 | -0.0300 |
| Number of households | 37 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 182 | |||||
a Reports the average number of people per sleeping room in the respective wealth quintile
b Computed score for one additional person per sleeping room: -0.0701