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Table 2 OLS regression of change in monthly household expenditures in CFA francs by shift in wealth index quintile for both PCA and polychoric PCA wealth indices

From: Is the lack of smartphone data skewing wealth indices in low-income settings?

 

PCA wealth index

Polychoric PCA wealth index

Decrease of 2

8,634

N/A

 

(− 101,449 to 118,718)

 

Decrease of 1

− 634.9

− 6694

 

(− 6133 to 4863)

(− 14,000 to 611.2)

No change

omitted

omitted

Increase of 1

17,473**

− 4616

 

(10,931 to 24,015)

(− 12,027 to 2795)

Increase of 2

55,923**

11,939

 

(43,072 to 68,773)

(− 43,965 to 67,843)

Increase of 3

22,793

N/A

 

(− 22,202 to 67,788)

 
  1. * denotes statistical significance at the p < 0.05 level
  2. ** denotes statistical significance at the p <0.01 level