Table 2

Asset ownership for households in each socio-economic status quintile (source: household survey)





Household "assets": percentage with....

Socio-economic status quintile
Number of households
Percentage of households
Mean SES score
Rent the house they occupy
Bicycle
Radio
Use wood for cooking
Animals
Poultry
Mains electricity
Tin roof

Most poor
4,419
21%
-1.354
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
9%
0%
0%
Very poor
4,622
22%
-0.875
0%
13%
21%
100%
11%
62%
0%
0%
Poor
3,341
16%
-0.272
9%
30%
37%
100%
13%
75%
0%
21%
Less poor
4,121
20%
0.486
6%
72%
74%
99%
18%
65%
0%
21%
Least poor
4,125
20%
2.164
15%
83%
87%
82%
37%
78%
4%
70%

All
20,628
100%

6%
39%
43%
96%
16%
57%
1%
22%




Factor loadings
0.22
0.42
0.43
0.38
0.26
0.28
0.32
0.45

Armstrong Schellenberg et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:194   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-194