Do Household Asset Wealth Measurements Depend on Who is Surveyed? Asset Reporting Concordance Within Multi-Adult Households in Rural Uganda.

Meghan L. Smith, Boston University
Bernard Kakuhikire, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Charles Baguma, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda.
Justin D. Rasmussen, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
David R. Bangsberg, Portland State University
Alexander C. Tsai, Portland State University

Abstract

In resource-limited settings, the Filmer & Pritchett asset index is frequently used to measure household economic status. Little is known about how its validity is affected by differential reporting or recall within households.