Table 1.

Variables included in two wealth indices for 100 households in Nagongera, Uganda, and their impact on household wealth index score

Item	Proportion of households with item	Weight
		Wealth index I*	Wealth index II†
Radio	0.53	0.29	0.18
Mobile telephone	0.61	0.30	0.27
Table	0.62	0.37	0.31
Cupboard	0.07	0.45	0.27
Clock	0.12	0.43	0.29
Sofa	0.05	0.41	0.31
≤ 2 people per sleeping room	0.23	0.19	0.14
Improved toilet	0.18	0.29	0.20
Transport to health facility other than walking	0.33	0.10	0.05
Tiled or metal roof	0.65	Not included	0.21
Cement or plaster wall	0.24	Not included	0.35
Wood, brick, or cement floor	0.17	Not included	0.38
Meat eaten ≥ 3 days in the past week	0.40	Not included	0.26
≥ 3 meals per day in past week	0.28	Not included	0.33

^*Wealth Index I: variables entered into principal component analysis: ownership of a 1) radio, 2) mobile telephone, 3) table, 4) cupboard, 5) clock, and 6) sofa; 7) people per sleeping room; 8) access to an improved toilet facility; and 9) main mode of transport to the health facility. Individual household wealth index scores are calculated by summing the coefficients of assets or characteristics possessed by each household.

^†Wealth Index II: variables entered into PCA were those included in Wealth Index I in addition to: 10) main roof material, 11) main wall material, 12) main floor material, 13) frequency of meat consumption, and 14) number of meals per day.