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. 2014 Aug 12;11:9. doi: 10.1186/1742-7622-11-9

Table 1.

The parcel of goods/items used in the Mokken scale analysis

Item Proportion 3 Mokken Scale H i 4
Does anyone in your household have a bicycle?
83.96
-
-
Does anyone in your household have more than one house/apartment2
4.67
-
-
How many cars are there in your household?1
3.65
-
-
Does anyone in your household have a clock
90.47
1
.62 (.019)
Does your home have electricity?
90.42
1
.56 (.021)
Does anyone in your household have a television
78.53
1
.74 (.013)
Does anyone in your household have a motorbike
49.79
1
.70 (.013)
Does anyone in your household have a video/DVD2
31.57
1
.68 (.014)
Does anyone in your household have a telephone, fixed-line
16.72
1
.69 (.013)
Does anyone in your household have a refrigerator
15.30
1
.69 (.014)
Does anyone in your household have a magazine subscription2
7.51
1
.46 (.023)
Does anyone in your household have a washing-machine
5.33
1
.59 (.021)
Does anyone in your household have a computer
5.04
1
.50 (.026)
Does anyone in your household have a mobile telephone
4.33
1
.64 (.019)
Does anyone in your household have a dishwasher2
0.34
1
.57 (.106)
Does anyone in your household have a bucket
84.62
2
.49 (.097)
Does anyone in your household have an agricultural machine2 8.06 2 .49 (.097)

1A continuous item dichotomised as none (0) and one or more (1).

2These are “Country Specific” items, which vary from country to country in which the World Health Survey was conducted.

3The proportion of households owning each asset.

4Standard errors are shown in parentheses.

The final items used in both the Mokken scale analysis and the 11 item PCA are identified as belonging to Mokken Scale 1.