Assessing household wealth in health studies in developing countries: a comparison of participatory wealth ranking and survey techniques from rural South Africa

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Accurate tools for assessing household wealth are essential for many health studies in developing countries. Household survey and participatory wealth ranking (PWR) are two approaches to generate data for this purpose.</p> <...

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Main Authors: Hargreaves James R, Morison Linda A, Gear John SS, Kim Julia C, Makhubele Mzamani B, Porter John DH, Watts Charlotte, Pronyk Paul M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-06-01
Series:Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.ete-online.com/content/4/1/4