Is malaria illness among young children a cause or a consequence of low socioeconomic status? evidence from the united Republic of Tanzania

Table 3 Checks for internal consistency of the wealth index, Tanzania, 2007–08 (n = 5,547)

Variable	Wealth category
Variable	Poorest 40%	Middle 40%	Richest 20%
Asset ownership (proportion)
Has car	0	0	0.058
Has motorcycle	0	0.002	0.076
Has bicycle	0.452	0.605	0.460
Has fridge	0	0	0.201
Has television	0	0	0.410
Has radio	0.345	0.792	0.893
Has mobile phone	0	0.333	0.887
Access to utilities/infrastructure (proportion)
Home has electricity	0	0.003	0.491
Has improved source of drinking water	0.233	0.698	0.858
Has improved toilet	0	0.010	0.370
Housing characteristics
Rooms for sleeping per person (mean)	0.319	0.399	0.433
Floor of home is finished (proportion)	0	0.193	0.937

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