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Table 2 Asset ownership for households in each socio-economic status quintile (source: household survey)

From: Health and survival of young children in southern Tanzania

    

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