Table 1

Country (n = 37) summaries.





Assets-based wealth index
Brightness of night time lights (NTL)
Distance (km) to NTL
Distance to nearest BTL pixel


Country
Source
Survey Year
Number of Admin1 units (n = 338)
Mean (standard deviation)
Mean (standard deviation)
Mean (standard deviation)
Mean (standard deviation)
% area covered by NTL

Angola
MICS
2001
18
-1.02 (0.80)
0.0357 (0.9587)
89.98 (50.77)
71.86(36.23)
0.31

Benin
DHS
2001
6
-0.29 (0.86)
0.2398 (2.1562)
38.43 (26.68)
25.41(16.50)
2.16

Burkina Faso
DHS
2003
13
-0.97 (0.69)
0.1292 (1.7804)
40.28 (29.25)
32.90(17.24)
0.99

CAR
DHS
1994–5
17
-1.54 (0.82)
0.0097 (0.4832)
213.89 (111.01)
163.71(44.66)
0.10

Chad
DHS
2004
9
-1.13 (1.07)
0.0061 (0.3419)
220.48(114.45)
133.85(47.42)
0.07

Comoros
DHS
1996
3
-0.48 (0.20)
0.8398 (2.4499)
6.59(5.89)
7.07(5.31)
12.29

Congo
DHS
2005
4
1.38 (1.57)
0.0393 (1.0331)
82.44(40.53)
57.02(20.28)
0.31

DRC
MICS
2001
11
-0.75 (0.93)
0.0287 (0.8941)
152.98(94.61)
123.63(65.11)
0.23

Egypt
DHS
2000
26
3.45 (1.16)
1.9321 (8.1347)
76.02(74.41)
16.37(13.99)
12.18

Ethiopia
DHS
2000
11
-0.89 (1.38)
0.0541 (0.9639)
70.8(44.60)
53.85(29.15)
0.54

Gabon
DHS
2000
5
1.23 (1.59)
0.0786 (1.4102)
52.26(32.34)
49.32(31.26)
4.02

Gambia
MICS
2000
6
0.9 (1.49)
0.3702 (2.5203)
16.42(9.94)
13.97(8.04)
3.76

Ghana
DHS
2003
10
0.62 (1.41)
0.8348 (4.1937)
17.13(14.66)
13.92(10.23)
7.65

Guinea
DHS
2005
8
-0.70 (1.20)
0.1335 (1.5688)
36.51(22.37)
31.89(17.33)
1.30

Kenya
DHS
2003
8
0.20 (1.75)
0.1775 (1.8377)
63.22(41.51)
38.64(23.23)
1.72

Lesotho
MICS
2000
10
-0.12 (0.56)
0.4178 (2.8363)
23.08(15.62)
22.05(10.27)
3.58

Madagascar
DHS
2003–4
6
-1.06 (1.09)
0.0393 (0.8856)
84.13(47.13)
74.18(38.23)
0.36

Malawi
DHS
2000
3
-0.73 (0.05)
0.5109 (3.1261)
20.94(15.55)
20.66(13.18)
4.83

Mali
DHS
2001
7
-0.37 (1.43)
0.0271 (0.7588)
188.99(165.15)
78.45(49.63)
0.24

Morocco
DHS
2003–4
7
2.89 (0.55)
1.0878 (5.0683)
18.59(16.89)
15.73(12.61)
8.79

Mozambique
DHS
2003
11
-0.64 (1.03)
0.0624 (1.2019)
71.55(43.71)
62.02(33.21)
0.54

Namibia
DHS
2000
13
1.73 (1.91)
0.0799 (1.2678)
61.71(43.14)
55.30(33.97)
0.75

Niger
DHS
1998
8
-1.11 (0.91)
0.0203 (06527)
155.43(95.34)
94.36(53.57)
0.22

Nigeria
DHS
2003
6
0.39 (0.74)
0.5254 (3.2639)
27.94(26.51)
25.30(21.27)
4.54

Rwanda
MICS
2000
12
-1.00 (0.83)
0.3252 (2.7895)
25.26(16.20)
21.14(8.37)
2.53

Sao Tome and Principe
MICS
2000
2
0.78 (0.18)
1.1627 (4.2087)
34.11(51.85)
84.42(7.50)
10.02

Senegal
MICS
2000
10
0.46 (1.21)
0.2337 (2.2721)
34.77(25.89)
21.26(13.28)
2.49

Sierra Leone
MICS
2000
4
0.58 (1.13)
0.0349 (0.6409)
40.03(19.65)
31.78(15.43)
0.43

Somalia
MICS
2006
18
-1.67 (0.88)
0.0097 (0.3541)
112.97(59.56)
104.62(39.20)
0.10

South Africa
DHS
1998
9
2.20 (1.19)
1.6346 (6.4894)
22.42(42.23)
15.87(23.57)
13.45

Sudan
MICS
2000
16
-0.50 (0.78)
0.0774 (1.311)
129.60(104.62)
83.93(52.13)
0.87

Swaziland
MICS
2000
4
1.75 (0.67)
1.8261 (5.3554)
7.56(6.28)
7.55(5.91)
17.28

Tanzania
DHS
1999
9
-0.73 (0.87)
0.096 (1.3980)
59.90(38.57)
46.27(28.37)
0.86

Togo
MICS
2000
5
-0.16 (0.20)
0.428 (2.9724)
22.85(15.63)
22.45(13.81)
3.70

Uganda
DHS
2000–1
4
-0.74 (0.68)
0.1649 (1.9448)
46.21(28.16)
43.77(24.73)
1.39

Zambia
DHS
2001–2
9
-0.06 (1.55)
0.1684 (1.9745)
49.93(28.42)
46.34(26.96)
1.30

Zimbabwe
DHS
1999
10
1.06 (2.55)
0.4490 (3.2131)
32.09(22.92)
23.92(15.74)
4.17

Showing type and year of national surveys used to constructing asset indices: the mean (standard deviation) of asset indices; brightness of night time lights; distance to the nearest light pixel; and the percentage of area covered by NTL at the Administrative1 level units.

CAR = Central African Republic

DRC = Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)

DHS = Demographic and Health Surveys

MICS = Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys

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