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Table 5 Items used to construct household wealth status score

From: An equity analysis on the household costs of accessing and utilising maternal and child health care services in Tanzania

No.

Variable description

1.

Asset: electricity

2.

Asset: working radio

3.

Asset: working television (TV)

4.

Asset: working DVD

5.

Asset: working mobile phone

6.

Asset: working landline phone

7.

Asset: working iron

8.

Asset: working refrigerator

9.

Asset: working wall watch

10.

Asset: sewing machine

11.

Asset: table

12.

Asset: sofa coach

13.

Asset: cupboard

14.

Asset: motorcycle

15.

Asset: car

16.

Household member with a bank account

17.

Number of sleeping rooms

18.

Source of drinking water: piped water

19.

Source of drinking water: borehole/ covered well

20.

Source of drinking water: open well

21.

Source of drinking water: spring water

22.

Source of drinking water: river/ dam/pond/lake

23.

Toilet type: flush toilet

24.

Toilet type: pit latrine

25.

Toilet type: no/ no/ another toilet

26.

Source of cooking energy: electricity

27.

Source of cooking energy: kerosene/paraffin

28.

Source of cooking energy: charcoal

29.

Source of cooking energy: firewood

30.

Source of light: electricity

31.

Source of light: solar

32.

Source of light: kerosene/ paraffin

33.

Source of light: candle/ firewood

34.

Source of light: torch or another source

35.

Floor material: sand/earth/dung

36.

Floor material: cement

37.

Floor material: other

38.

Wall material: grass/poles/mud wall

39.

Wall material: bamboo with mud wall

40.

Wall material: sundried/ burnt bricks

41.

Wall material: cement blocks

42.

Wall material: stones with mud