25.06.2015 Views

Access to Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods - Natural Resources Institute

Access to Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods - Natural Resources Institute

Access to Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods - Natural Resources Institute

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

APPENDIX 11. Definitions of wealth/wellbeing groups, Kitambuza, 13/10/2000 141<br />

Very Poor<br />

6%<br />

Do not want <strong>to</strong> work/lazy<br />

No food, begging<br />

Poor / Abaavu<br />

63%<br />

Average / Abawakati<br />

23%<br />

Rich / Abaggaga<br />

8%<br />

Little land <strong>Farm</strong>s about 2 acres <strong>Farm</strong>s about 7 acres, may<br />

have about 20 head of<br />

cattle<br />

May be a shopkeeper or a<br />

trader<br />

Sufficient food, can look<br />

after a big family<br />

Very poor housing Poor housing Reasonable housing Good housing, with burnt<br />

brick walls<br />

No clothing or bedding One set of clothes per<br />

women, often also used<br />

as bedding<br />

No soap <strong>to</strong> wash Few domestic goods –<br />

one saucepan and one<br />

plate, no radio<br />

No bicycle<br />

No money for school fees<br />

Owns more than one<br />

dress, but only poor<br />

quality bedding<br />

Domestic goods for<br />

visi<strong>to</strong>rs, radio<br />

Bicycle, or may have a<br />

mo<strong>to</strong>rcycle<br />

May treat their hair<br />

May have a television<br />

May have a car<br />

Able <strong>to</strong> pay school fees<br />

141 Households in each category need not exhibit all of the attributes listed.<br />

84

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!