TABLE 3. Reliability^a of the National Wealth Distribution Between the Standard DHS Wealth Index and Each of 3 Alternative Indices Recommended by the Expert Panel Group.

	Alternative B		Alternative D		Alternative E
Country	Agreement	Kappa	Agreement	Kappa	Agreement	Kappa
Bangladesh	82.50%	0.727	90.74%	0.855	84.17%	0.753
Benin	91.02%	0.860	91.02%	0.860	84.91%	0.764
Cambodia	87.66%	0.807	92.23%	0.879	88.36%	0.818
Cameroon	88.20%	0.816	90.99%	0.859	85.26%	0.770
Ethiopia	75.97%	0.624	80.95%	0.702	84.73%	0.761
Malawi	83.44%	0.741	83.44%	0.741	84.30%	0.755
Mozambique	89.75%	0.840	89.75%	0.840	86.09%	0.783
Nepal	87.13%	0.799	94.08%	0.907	86.44%	0.788
Nigeria	87.52%	0.805	89.21%	0.831	85.22%	0.768
Pakistan	85.99%	0.781	94.47%	0.914	86.29%	0.786
Philippines	87.55%	0.805	93.09%	0.892	85.09%	0.766
Rwanda	86.83%	0.794	86.83%	0.794	84.13%	0.752
Senegal	87.92%	0.811	88.22%	0.816	86.22%	0.785
Tanzania	88.93%	0.827	92.12%	0.877	84.65%	0.756
Uganda	83.84%	0.748	92.88%	0.889	85.70%	0.777
Zimbabwe	91.48%	0.867	90.79%	0.856	85.46%	0.773
Median	87.53%	0.805	90.89%	0.856	85.24%	0.769
Range	75.97% to 91.48%	0.624 to 0.867	80.95% to 94.47%	0.702 to 0.914	84.13% to 88.36%	0.752 to 0.818

^aReliability assessed after grouping the 5 wealth quintiles into 3 groups: the lowest 40% (Q1+Q2), middle 20% (Q3), and richest 40% (Q4+Q5).