Amadou,
Education of the household head is not an asset and should not be
included in the PCA. Please have a look at the literature to get a
better understanding of the theory behind the wealth index.
Friedrich Huebler
--- [email protected] wrote:
> I am using DHS and I include all this variables (building, toilet,
> water,...) along with pure assets variables.
> But I end up with the same problem: a very bad distribution.
>
> I intend to put education of heads along with other alike variables
> to see if I get better results.
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