Table 3

Percentage of household members in each wealth group



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.

Houweling et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2003 2:8   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-2-8

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