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. 2010 Aug 31;7:6. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-7-6

Table 3.

Overview of included assets, household asset possession and asset scores in the second survey (after the armed conflict in Côte d'Ivoire, late 2003/early 2004).

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 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.86 0.97 0.967 0.179 -0.1590 -0.0293 0.8590
Possession of house 0.97 1.00 1.00 0.97 0.86 0.96 0.962 0.193 -0.1403 -0.0280 0.6997
People per sleeping rooma 3.9a 4.4a 2.4a 2.6a 3.1a 2.7a 2.663 2.508 -0.0582 ---b ---b
Type of wall
 Wood 0.05 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.017 0.128 -0.0659 -0.5075 0.0085
 Mud/clay 0.78 0.28 0.14 0.03 0.00 0.25 0.247 0.433 -0.2679 -0.4661 0.1531
 Cement 0.16 0.69 0.87 0.97 1.00 0.74 0.736 0.442 0.2813 0.1679 -0.4687
Type of roof
 Thatch 0.51 0.17 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.137 0.345 -0.2176 -0.5437 0.0866
 Tiles 0.03 0.08 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.050 0.217 -0.0094 -0.0411 0.0021
 Corrugated sheets 0.46 0.75 0.92 0.97 0.97 0.81 0.813 0.391 0.1975 0.0944 -0.4110
Energy source for cooking
 Wood 1.00 0.97 0.97 1.00 0.92 0.97 0.973 0.164 -0.1405 -0.0231 0.8336
 Coal 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.022 0.147 0.0990 0.6587 -0.0148
Electronic devices
 Electricity in house 0.16 0.31 0.54 0.83 0.89 0.54 0.544 0.499 0.2510 0.2292 -0.2734
 Refrigerator 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.33 0.07 0.066 0.249 0.2047 0.7682 -0.0542
 Radio 0.22 0.39 0.43 0.78 1.00 0.56 0.560 0.498 0.2582 0.2281 -0.2907
 Television 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.31 0.81 0.25 0.247 0.433 0.3151 0.5483 -0.1801
 Ventilator 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.11 0.50 0.13 0.126 0.333 0.2680 0.7027 -0.1017
 Video 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.03 0.027 0.164 0.2122 1.2590 -0.0349
Sanitation infrastructure and personal protection
 No toilet 0.95 0.75 0.62 0.22 0.08 0.53 0.527 0.501 -0.2719 -0.2567 0.2860
 Uncemented toilet 0.05 0.08 0.16 0.22 0.14 0.13 0.132 0.339 0.0335 0.0858 -0.0130
 Cemented toilet 0.00 0.17 0.22 0.56 0.78 0.34 0.341 0.475 0.2625 0.3642 -0.1884
 Soap 0.84 1.00 0.97 1.00 1.00 0.96 0.962 0.193 0.1105 0.0218 -0.5508
 Insecticide spray 0.05 0.11 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.08 0.077 0.267 0.0653 0.2257 -0.0188
 Mosquito net 0.03 0.03 0.11 0.14 0.44 0.15 0.148 0.356 0.2083 0.4985 -0.0866
Main mean of transportation
 Feet/walking 0.97 0.94 0.89 0.81 0.47 0.82 0.819 0.386 -0.2108 -0.0989 0.4468
 Bicycle 0.03 0.06 0.08 0.11 0.33 0.12 0.121 0.327 0.1252 0.3367 -0.0463
 Car/motorbike 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.08 0.19 0.06 0.060 0.239 0.1696 0.6670 -0.0426
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: -0.0232