International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 3 Percentage of household members in each wealth group

From: Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?

		Wealth Group
Country	Wealth Index	Poorest	Second	Middle	Fourth	Richest
Bolivia	WB Index	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 2	27	11	25	17	21
	Index 3	10	26	26	18	21
Brazil	WB Index	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	20	20	21	19
	Index 2	20	20	31	1	29
	Index 3	20	20	31	1	29
Cameroon	WB Index	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	21	19	20	20
	Index 2	34	8	18	19	21
	Index 3	6	31	31	12	20
Chad	WB Index	21	19	20	20	20
	Index 1	22	19	19	20	20
	Index 2	a	59	a	27	15
	Index 3	a	59	a	27	14
Indonesia	WB Index	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 2	20	19	22	19	20
	Index 3	20	20	21	20	20
Kenya	WB Index	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 2	28	4	31	18	19
	Index 3	28	5	33	18	16
Malawi	WB Index	19	21	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	22	18	20	20
	Index 2	11	42	9	18	20
	Index 3	11	42	2	26	19
Pakistan	WB Index	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 2	23	24	11	22	20
	Index 3	37	a	23	21	20
Tanzania	WB Index	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	20	21	20	20
	Index 2	40	a	15	16	29
	Index 3	40	a	16	19	25
Uganda	WB Index	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 1	20	20	20	20	20
	Index 2	18	21	23	19	20
	Index 3	18	21	21	20	20

Notes: due to rounding off, the rows may not add up to 100%; a due to clustering of households into large groups, no households are categorised in this wealth category.

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