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This training workshop focuses on the collection and analysis of household characteristics vital for disaggregating indicators by socioeconomic status, particularly in relation to the use of solid fuels for cooking and associated health risks. Key areas covered include dwelling materials, crowding, and cooking arrangements, which inform the construction of the wealth index and related socio-economic indices. Attendees will learn to customize surveys to capture standardized data effectively, facilitating better understanding and comparison of wealth disparities across regions.
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Multiple Indicator Cluster SurveysMICS3Regional Training Workshop Household Characteristics
Content • Cultural features (HC1A-HC1C) • Crowding (HC2) • Dwelling material (HC3, HC4, HC5) • Fuel used for cooking (HC6) • Cooking arrangements (HC7, HC7A, HC8) • Assets (HC9, HC10)
Purpose • To disaggregate indicators by socioeconomic status • MDG indicator on solid fuels: Proportion of population using solid fuels (wood, charcoal, crop residues, dung) for cooking (Goal 7, Indicator 29) • Cooking arrangements and fuels used for cooking – to assess programs aiming to prevent respiratory illnesses • Also, a major source of some lung diseases, e.g. COLD
Purpose • Assets owned by household, dwelling material, crowding can be used to construct the wealth index and other indices of wealth/socioeconomic status • Some variables also used to determine whether household is a slum
Methodological Issues • Countries will have to customize most of the questions/response categories • HC1A-HC1C asked of the head, to standardize information collected • HC3-HC5 will be normally completed by interviewer • The assets constitute a minimum set for constructing the “wealth index”
Wealth index • Information on possession of household assets, dwelling materials, water and sanitation, crowding are used in principal components analysis and households are categorized into quintiles of wealth • Popular indicator used by DHS, WB etc to analyze disparities with regard to wealth/poverty
Wealth index • Not flawless but few alternatives, most inappropriate to MICS and similar household surveys