Asset to Income Estimator

A2IE

________________________

ASSET TO INCOME ESTIMATOR

Asset to Income Estimator

T

he Asset to Income Estimator (A2IE) connects the relative measure of assets and quintiles to an absolute measure of dollars per capita. Compare how much an individual or household makes per day, month or year in over 55 low- and middle- income countries by exploring our A2IE tools below.

A2IE-dps

Read Brief

A2IEDPS

Watch Video

A2IEFeedback10

User Feedback

Single Country Chart

Single Country
Chart

Select a single country and view the median individual or household income, and range, for each quintile. Toggle between daily, monthly or annual data. Hover over quintile medians for additional detail.

View This Chart Multi-Country Comparison Chart

Multi-Country
Comparison Chart

Select up to 5 countries, within or across regions, to compare individual or household income. View the chart with or without an axis break, to see the full range or explore nuance in lower quintiles. Hover over bars for additional detail.

View This Chart Multi-Country Interactive Chart

Multi-Country
Interactive Chart

Select up to 5 countries, within or across regions to see how income grows across quintiles by moving the slider on the X axis. Toggle to income mode to compare what a particular annual, monthly or daily income means for wealth in different countries by moving the slider up the Y axis.

View This Chart

The A2IE combines peer-reviewed methodology and rigorous data to translate wealth quintiles into household and individual income estimates. The tool supports easy country-to-country comparisons. This added context will help strengthen program services, research, advocacy, and policy.

A2IE Related Resources

Interpretation

Some useful things to keep in mind when looking at the results: A quintile is 20% of the population. If a population has 1,000,000 people in it, you could separate it into five quintiles of 200,000 each. If someone is in the bottom wealth quintile, they are among the poorest people in the country…. Read More >

Methodology

The methodology for the A2IE was developed by Kenneth Harttgen and Sebastian Vollmer (Harttgen and Vollmer, 2013). We combine information from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) or the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) with data from the World Bank to provide an estimate … Read More >

Frequently Asked Questions

This page contains answers to frequently asked questions about the Asset to Income Estimator Tool.  1.What is the difference between relative and absolute wealth?,   2. Should I look at the annual, monthly, or daily income estimate?,  3.Why are these only estimates of income? ….. Read More >

EXAMPLE CASE USES

How could an organization, entrepreneur or researcher use the Asset to Income Estimator?  We have provided an example for the individual, multi-country and interactive comparisons….. Read More >

LEARN MORE

Contact us to learn how Metrics for Management can help you use targeted, accurate & measurable data to expand & improve your services.

Contact Us

Leave Comment