Systematic comparison of household income, consumption, and assets to measure health inequalities in low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT: There has been no systematic comparison of how the three most common measures to quantify household SES-income, consumption, and asset indices-could impact the magnitude of health inequalities. Microdata from 22 Living Standards Measurement Study surveys were compiled and concentration indices, relative indices of inequality, and slope indices of inequality were calculated for underweight, stunting, and child deaths using income, consumption, asset indices, and hybrid predicted income. Meta-analyses of survey year subgroups (pre-1995, 1995-2004, and post-2004), outcomes (child deaths, stunting, and underweight), and World Bank country-income status (low, low-middle, and upper-middle) were then conducted. Asset indices and the related hybrid income proxy result in the largest magnitudes of

SUBMITTER: Poirier MJP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10869835 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature