HOI: Electricity is a dataset containing the Human Opportunities Index, an economic indicator measuring inequality in access to essential services. It is produced by the LAC Equity Lab and hosted by the World Bank. The index combines average access rates with distributional inequality across circumstance groups.
Use Cases
- Analyze correlation between household per capita income and electricity access inequality.
- Model the impact of parents' education level on the Human Opportunities Index score.
- Compare electricity access inequality between urban and rural residence groups.
- Track changes in the index over time related to coverage rate increases or more equal distribution.
Strengths
- Index incorporates multiple circumstance variables including gender, income, and education.
- Methodology captures both average access rates and distributional inequality.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are unknown.
- Data may be limited to regions covered by the LAC Equity Lab, introducing geographic bias.
Provenance
- Source
- LAC Equity Lab, World Bank
- Collection Method
- Calculated index based on survey or administrative data capturing access to electricity.
- Geography
- Likely focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region.