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Emerging Themes in Epidemiology BioMedCentral Methodology Open Access Assessing household wealth in health studies in developing countries: a comparison of participatory wealth ranking and survey techniques from rural South Africa James R Hargreaves*1,2, Linda A Morison1, John SS Gear2, Julia C Kim1,2, Mzamani B Makhubele2, John DH Porter1, Charlotte Watts1 and Paul M Pronyk1,2 Address: 1London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK and 2Rural AIDS and Development Action Research Programme, PO Box 2, Acornhoek 1360, South Africa Email: James R Hargre