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. 2011 May 10;5(5):e1029. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001029

Table 1. Variables in the asset index with weighing value as obtained by factor analysis (first factor).

Description of assets Number and % possessing the asset Weighing value in the final formula
Floor of house: earth, mud or clay 254 (87.9%) −0.5990
Floor of house: bamboo or wood 10 (3.5%) 0.1100
Floor of house: cement, tiles or carpet 25 (8.7%) 0.6237
Roof of house: bamboo, thatch 22 (7.6%) −0.2038
Roof of house: tin 267 (92.4%) 0.2038
Walls of house: mud, bamboo or palm 209 (72.3%) −0.5467
Walls of house: tin 39 (13.5%) 0.1328
Walls of house: cement or bricks 41 (14.2%) 0.5710
Electricity 102 (35.3%) 0.6874
Radio 36 (12.5%) 0.1877
Television 81 (28.0%) 0.7294
Computer 5 (1.7%) 0.2094
Mobile phone 110 (38.1%) 0.6272
Refrigerator 6 (2.1%) 0.1696
Fan 87 (30.1%) 0.7295
Air conditioner 3 (1.0%) 0.1586
Almirah or wardrobe 126 (43.6%) 0.6567
Table 240 (83.0%) 0.5185
Chair 210 (72.7%) 0.6167
Watch or clock 167 (57.8%) 0.6183
Bicycle 133 (46.0%) 0.5943
Van or rickshaw 31 (10.7%) x
Animal drawn cart 10 (3.5%) x
Motorcycle or scooter 11 (3.8%) 0.4073
Tractor or motorized farm equipment 29 (10.0%) 0.2934
Local rice husking equipment 77 (26.6%) 0.2661
Car or truck 2 (0.7%) x
Owns livestock 251 (86.9%) 0.2189
Owns the house 281 (97.2%) 0.1879
Owns the land of the house 253 (87.5%) 0.4170
Owns farmland 164 (56.8%) 0.4187
Drink water from tube well/bore hole 280 (96.9%) x
Flush toilet or septic tank 3 (1.0%) 0.2606
Latrine 222 (76.8%) 0.3632
No toilet facility (bush/field) 64 (22.2%) −0.4327
Shares toilet 48 (16.6%) −0.1281
Total number of participants 289