Distributive analysis/Analyse distributive” – is designed to facilitate the analysis and the comparisons of social welfare, inequality, poverty and equity using micro (or disaggregated) data.
The analysis of survey data into four steps.
Data acquisition step, which involves getting access to the data and inputting it into a software.
Data organization step; this transforms the data into a form that permits the analysis to be performed. For instance, this may mean recoding variables, checking for data consistency, or removing outliers. DAD was not designed to make it easier to go through this second step
Wide range of distributive indices and curves.
Sampling distribution of all of DAD’s estimates can be systematically provided while taking into account the sampling design of household surveys by means of analytical and numerical procedures.
Available at no charge and does not require purchasing any additional commercial software. An operating system must of course be installed on the computer. DAD is optimized for Microsoft’s Windows operating system, it can also run under alternative platforms. User friendly and requires no scientific programming – all estimates can be computed using a mouse.