Access to Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods - Natural Resources Institute
Access to Rural Non-Farm Livelihoods - Natural Resources Institute
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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 />
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