Table 2 WAMI scoring criteria
From: Subjective socioeconomic status: an alternative to objective socioeconomic status
WAMI | Criteria | Range |
|---|---|---|
Water and Sanitation | Based on WHO criteria, households with improved sources for drinking water and/or sanitation were allotted a score of 4 for each and scores were summed | 0–8 |
Assets | Principal component analysis was performed using ownership of the 15 assets surveyed, and loading scores from the first principal component were used as the asset score. Scores were scaled to 8-points based on 9 intervals evenly spaced along the range of loading scores | 0–8 |
Maternal Education | Educational scores were scaled based on 9 intervals evenly spaced along the range of education years of the participant if 20 years old or older, and maternal education if younger than 20 years old | 0–8 |
Income | Participants reported their monthly household income reported using the following categories: 0 (< $100), 1 ($100–150), 2 ($150–175), 3 ($175–200), 4 ($200–225), 5 ($225–250), 6 ($250–324), 7 ($324–411), 8 (> $411) | 0–8 |
Total | Each category was summed for the total | 32 |