WSCORER is a numeric variable in the data format of "double".
Description
WSCOREU reports the wealth index score for households residing in an urban location. The score is based on ownership of durable goods, housing characteristics, and basic services. A principal component analysis is run on a set of indicator variables for each survey, to yield an inferred wealth level for the household. The method was originally devised by Filmer and Pritchett (2001) and extended by Rutstein et al (2014).
Comparability
Different surveys use different indicator variables in the construction of the wealth score. Scores are therefore unique to each survey but are roughly comparable if interpreted as relative measures of household wealth within each country at a point in time.
Alternative variables report urban household wealth scores by quintiles and deciles within each survey sample (WINDEX5U, WINDEX10U).
Scores, quintiles, and deciles are also calculated separately for rural households and all households (WSCORER, WINDEX5R, WINDEX10R, WSCORE, WINDEX5, WINDEX10). Users can also find more information about the specific definition of urban and rural in the variables URBAN.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2022: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Algeria 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Bangladesh 2012: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Bangladesh 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Belize 2015: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Benin 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Cameroon 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Central African Republic 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Chad 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Congo 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Congo Democratic Republic 2017: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Costa Rica 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Cote D'Ivoire 2016: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Cuba 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Dominican Republic 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Dominican Republic 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- El Salvador 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Fiji 2021: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Gambia 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Georgia 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Ghana 2017: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Guinea 2016: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Guinea Bissau 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Guinea Bissau 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Guyana 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Guyana 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Honduras 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Iraq 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kazakhstan 2015: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kenya (Bungoma) 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kenya (Kakamega) 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kenya (Turkana County) 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kiribati 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kosovo 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kosovo 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kyrgyzstan 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Kyrgyzstan 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Laos 2017: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Lesotho 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Macedonia 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Madagascar 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Malawi 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Malawi 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Mali 2015: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Mauritania 2015: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Mexico 2015: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag) 2016: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Mongolia 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Montenegro 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Montenegro (Roma) 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Montenegro 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Montenegro (Roma) 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Nepal 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Nepal 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Nigeria 2016: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Nigeria 2021: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Pakistan (Punjab) 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Pakistan (Sindh) 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) 2016: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2016: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Pakistan (Punjab) 2017: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Pakistan (Sindh) 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Pakistan (Balochistan) 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Palestine 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Palestine 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Panama 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Paraguay 2016: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Samoa 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Sao Tome and Principe 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Sao Tome and Principe 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Serbia 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Serbia (Roma) 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Serbia 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Serbia (Roma) 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Sierra Leone 2017: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Sudan 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Suriname 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Thailand 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Thailand 2022: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Togo 2017: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Tonga 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Tunisia 2018: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Turkmenistan 2015: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Turkmenistan 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Turks and Caicos 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Tuvalu 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Uzbekistan 2021: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Vietnam 2013: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Vietnam 2020: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Zimbabwe 2014: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
- Zimbabwe 2019: Women age 15-49 in urban areas
Availability
- Afghanistan: 2022
- Algeria: 2018
- Bangladesh: 2012, 2019
- Belize: 2015
- Benin: 2014
- Cameroon: 2014
- Central African Republic: 2018
- Chad: 2019
- Congo: 2014
- Congo Democratic Republic: 2017
- Costa Rica: 2018
- Cote D'Ivoire: 2016
- Cuba: 2019
- Dominican Republic: 2014, 2019
- El Salvador: 2014
- Eswatini (Swaziland): 2014
- Fiji: 2021
- Gambia: 2018
- Georgia: 2018
- Ghana: 2017
- Guinea: 2016
- Guinea Bissau: 2014, 2018
- Guyana: 2014, 2019
- Honduras: 2019
- Iraq: 2018
- Kazakhstan: 2015
- Kenya (Bungoma): 2013
- Kenya (Kakamega): 2013
- Kenya (Turkana County): 2013
- Kiribati: 2018
- Kosovo: 2013, 2019
- Kyrgyzstan: 2014, 2018
- Laos: 2017
- Lesotho: 2018
- Macedonia: 2018
- Madagascar: 2018
- Malawi: 2013, 2019
- Mali: 2015
- Mauritania: 2015
- Mexico: 2015
- Mongolia: 2018
- Mongolia (Khuvsgul Aimag): 2016
- Montenegro: 2013, 2018
- Montenegro (Roma): 2013, 2018
- Nepal: 2014, 2019
- Nigeria: 2016, 2021
- Pakistan (Punjab): 2014, 2017
- Pakistan (Sindh): 2014, 2018
- Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan): 2016
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): 2016, 2019
- Pakistan (Balochistan): 2019
- Palestine: 2014, 2019
- Panama: 2013
- Paraguay: 2016
- Samoa: 2019
- Sao Tome and Principe: 2014, 2019
- Serbia: 2014, 2019
- Serbia (Roma): 2014, 2019
- Sierra Leone: 2017
- Sudan: 2014
- Suriname: 2018
- Thailand: 2019, 2022
- Togo: 2017
- Tonga: 2019
- Tunisia: 2018
- Turkmenistan: 2015, 2019
- Turks and Caicos: 2019
- Tuvalu: 2019
- Uzbekistan: 2021
- Vietnam: 2013, 2020
- Zimbabwe: 2014, 2019
