Table 2.
Loadings on temporally-harmonized index for assets and housing characteristics by cohort.
| Pelotas 1993 (Brazil) |
INCAP (Guatemala) |
NDBC (India) |
CLHNS (Philippines) |
Birth to Twenty plus (South Africa) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variance explained by PC1 (%) | 44.6% | 54.4% | 26.5% | 35.5% | 48.4% |
| Rooms per person | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.29 | 0.33 | – |
| Car | 0.74 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.81 | 0.65 |
| Computer | 0.81 | – | 0.89 | – | – |
| Duplex refrigerator | 0.67 | – | – | – | – |
| DVD player | 0.77 | – | – | – | – |
| Housekeeper | 0.63 | – | – | – | – |
| Radio | −0.19 | −0.17 | −0.24 | – | 0.48 |
| Refrigerator | 0.54 | 0.9 | – | 0.88 | 0.87 |
| Television | 0.84 | 0.94 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 0.81 |
| Vacuum cleaner | 0.77 | – | – | – | – |
| Washing machine | 0.77 | – | 0.66 | – | 0.83 |
| Drinking water quality | 0.62 | 0.81 | 0.12 | 0.53 | 0.64 |
| Bicycle | – | 0.59 | 0.35 | 0.36 | – |
| Electricity | – | 0.94 | – | 0.83 | 0.69 |
| Two wheeler | – | 0.72 | 0.03 | – | – |
| Owns house | – | 0.09 | – | 0.09 | – |
| Sewing machine | – | 0.46 | – | – | – |
| Floor quality | – | 0.87 | – | – | – |
| Kitchen location | – | 0.68 | – | – | – |
| Roof quality | – | 0.82 | – | – | – |
| Sewage facility | – | 0.81 | – | – | – |
| Stove/Cooking fuel quality | – | 0.84 | – | 0.82 | – |
| Toilet quality | – | 0.8 | 0.53 | 0.79 | 0.66 |
| Wall quality | – | 0.85 | – | – | – |
| Air conditioner | – | – | 0.89 | 0.80 | – |
| Cable TV | – | – | −0.44 | – | – |
| Cell phone | – | – | 0.81 | – | – |
| Cooler | – | – | −0.53 | – | – |
| Dish TV | – | – | 0.83 | – | – |
| Mixer grinder | – | – | 0.57 | – | – |
| Telephone | – | – | 0.01 | – | 0.43 |
| Sharing of drinking water source | – | – | −0.01 | – | – |
| General water | – | – | 0.07 | – | – |
| Sharing of general water source | – | – | −0.14 | – | – |
| Poultry | – | – | – | −0.18 | – |
| Electric fan | – | – | – | 0.78 | – |
| Electric iron | – | – | – | 0.87 | – |
| Jeepny | – | – | – | 0.65 | – |
| Living room set | – | – | – | 0.71 | – |
| Other appliances | – | – | – | 0.38 | – |
| Cleanliness of area where food is stored | – | – | – | 0.49 | – |
| Garbage disposal | – | – | – | 0.36 | – |
| Condition of area for excreta | – | – | – | 0.25 | – |
| Lighting | – | – | – | 0.91 | – |
| Housing material | – | – | – | 0.66 | – |
| Neighborhood excreta removal | – | – | – | 0.56 | – |
| Neighborhood garbage removal | – | – | – | 0.61 | – |
| Beds | – | – | – | 0.70 | – |
| Boat | – | – | – | −0.02 | – |
| Cattle (cows or carabaos) | – | – | – | −0.32 | – |
| Farm animals (goat, horse, pigs etc) | – | – | – | −0.31 | – |
| Other vehicles (banca, motorcycle or tricycle etc) | – | – | – | 0.18 | – |
| Truck or bus | – | – | – | 0.52 | – |
| Microwave | – | – | – | – | 0.76 |
Harmonized asset indices were created separately for each site.