Association of car ownership and physical activity across the spectrum of human development: Modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study (METS)

Table 1 Goods possessed by the household (% overall and by site)

	Overall	USA	Seychelles	Jamaica	South Africa	Ghana
Electricity	97	100	100	99	96	89
Cell phone	96	99	98	99	93	91
Television	92	100	100	98	84	81
Electric iron	90	99	100	94	90	68
Radio or CD player	88	97	97	89	72	86
Refrigerator	84	100	99	90	75	55
Watch or clock	83	99	96	88	55	78
Modern stove	81	99	98	97	83	28
DVD or VCR	80	98	95	82	65	62
Sofa	78	98	99	62	71	60
Fan	72	98	93	96	14	59
Microwave oven	52	99	49	67	36	10
Computer	43	84	61	42	9	16
Satellite Dish or Cable TV	40	83	56	48	7	4
Car or truck	36	86	37	34	12	12
Telephone land line	34	69	58	20	15	6
Bicycle	30	68	16	38	10	16
Sewing machine	29	23	43	16	26	37
Air conditioner	23	93	7	8	2	2
Mean # Goods (SD)	11.3 (4.0)	15.9 (1.7)	13.0 (2.1)	11.7(2.8)	8.2 (2.8)	7.7 (3.2)
HH owns 13+ goods (%)	42.4	95.8	62.1	42.0	5.4	5.3

note: p < 0.001 for differences across sites in mean goods owned and whether households own 13 or more goods.

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