Explaining household socio-economic related child health inequalities using multiple methods in three diverse settings in South Africa

Table 3 Scoring factors and percentage of households owning/using assets in the most poor and the least poor household quintiles

Asset index items	Scoring factors	% of distribution in the sample	Most poor (%)	Least poor (%)
Refrigerator	0.382	48.4	0	100
Radio	0.231	65.8	41.1	91
Television	0.368	47.5	0	40
Stove	0.357	59.2	0	98
Phone	0.329	43.7	0	40
Car	0.161	7.3	0	21
Drinking water (Piped inside the house)	0.379	45.4	0	55
Type of toilet ( Flush toilet)	0.358	48.2	0	41
Cooking fuel (Using electricity for cooking)	0.36	35.4	0	43

Each variable was a binary variable taking a value of 1 if true, and 0 otherwise. The scoring factor is the weight assigned to each variable.

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