Table 2.
Agreement between indicators of SEP in 100 households in Nagongera, Uganda
| Indicator | All tertiles (%) | Wealth Index I (reference)* (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poorest | Middle | Highest | P | ||||
| Indicators at the level of the household | N = 35 | N = 32 | N = 33 | ||||
| Wealth index | Wealth Index II† (%) | Poorest tertile | 34 | 91.4 | 6.3 | 0.0 | < 0.001 |
| Middle tertile | 34 | 8.6 | 75.0 | 21.2 | |||
| Highest tertile | 32 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 78.8 | |||
| Wealth Index II† | Mean score (95% CI)‡ | – | −0.9 (−0.9, −0.8) | −0.1 (−0.3, 0.0) | 1.0 (0.7, 1.4) | < 0.001 | |
| Income | Total income from agriculture in the past 12 months, UGX (%) | < 100,000 | 37 | 51.4 | 40.6 | 18.8 | 0.001 |
| 100,000 to < 300,000 | 35 | 37.1 | 40.6 | 28.1 | |||
| ≥ 300,000 | 27 | 11.4 | 18.8 | 53.1 | |||
| Remittances received in the past 12 months (%) | No | 85 | 94.3 | 87.5 | 72.7 | 0.04 | |
| Yes | 15 | 5.7 | 12.5 | 27.3 | |||
| Occupation | Main occupation of the household head (%) | Agriculture or unskilled | 72 | 80.0 | 78.1 | 57.6 | 0.08 |
| Skilled | 28 | 20.0 | 21.9 | 42.4 | |||
| Main source of household income (%) | Agriculture or unskilled | 80 | 85.7 | 84.4 | 69.7 | 0.27 | |
| Skilled | 16 | 11.4 | 15.6 | 21.2 | |||
| Remittances or other | 4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 9.1 | |||
| Indicator at the level of the child | N = 110 | N = 107 | N = 101 | ||||
| Education | Female caregiver ever attended school (%) | No | 24.9 | 29.9 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 0.33 |
| Yes | 75.1 | 70.1 | 78.1 | 77.6 | |||
| Female caregiver's highest level of school completed (%) | None | 24.9 | 29.9 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 0.003 | |
| Incomplete primary | 55.2 | 62.6 | 52.1 | 50.0 | |||
| Primary or higher | 19.9 | 7.5 | 26.0 | 27.6 | |||
SEP = socioeconomic position; UGX = Ugandan shilling.
Wealth Index I: variables entered into principal component analysis (PCA): 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 a toilet facility; and 9) main mode of transport to the health facility.
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) meat consumption, and 14) number of meals per day.
Standardized wealth index scores were created by subtracting mean index scores and dividing by the standard deviation. The P value for this variable was calculated using analysis of variance.