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. 2016 Mar 25;4(1):141–154. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-15-00384

TABLE 2. Reliability Between the Standard DHS Wealth Index and Each Alternative Index Included in the Preliminary Analysis.

Alternative A Alternative B Alternative C Alternative D
Country Agreement Kappa Agreement Kappa Agreement Kappa Agreement Kappa
Bangladesh 73.20% 0.665 68.10% 0.601 60.00% 0.500 83.22% 0.790
Benin 85.40% 0.818 83.30% 0.791 83.90% 0.799 83.30% 0.791
Cambodia 73.20% 0.665 78.90% 0.736 75.20% 0.690 85.26% 0.816
Cameroon 81.10% 0.764 78.60% 0.733 79.10% 0.738 84.40% 0.805
Ethiopia 65.90% 0.574 62.10% 0.526 62.60% 0.533 69.30% 0.616
Malawi 88.60% 0.857 73.10% 0.664 64.80% 0.560 73.10% 0.664
Mozambique 87.90% 0.848 78.70% 0.734 74.50% 0.681 78.70% 0.734
Nepal 74.60% 0.682 77.60% 0.720 77.20% 0.714 87.55% 0.844
Nigeria 76.40% 0.705 72.20% 0.652 77.00% 0.712 74.86% 0.686
Pakistan 74.20% 0.678 73.50% 0.669 71.80% 0.648 89.22% 0.865
Philippines 79.20% 0.740 78.40% 0.730 78.40% 0.730 88.17% 0.854
Rwanda 88.80% 0.860 78.20% 0.728 71.40% 0.642 78.20% 0.728
Senegal 80.90% 0.761 76.40% 0.705 80.50% 0.754 77.45% 0.718
Tanzania 81.50% 0.769 80.30% 0.753 75.10% 0.689 85.34% 0.817
Uganda 76.50% 0.708 72.60% 0.657 69.00% 0.612 86.92% 0.837
Zimbabwe 86.50% 0.832 81.70% 0.772 78.70% 0.734 80.73% 0.759
Median 80.05% 0.751 77.90% 0.724 76.10% 0.701 83.26% 0.791
Range 65.90% to 88.80% 0.574 to 0.860 62.10% to 83.30% 0.526 to 0.791 60.00% to 71.80% 0.500 to 0.648 69.30% to 89.20% 0.616 to 0.865

Abbreviation: DHS, Demographic and Health Survey.