Table 2 Definitions of housing quality used in the logistic regression model, The Gambia MIS 2010/11

Floor

Good = (Cement or tiles)

Poor = (Earth/sand, dung and palm bamboo)

Wall

Good = (Bricks, cement blocks, covered adobe and other)

Poor = (Cane/palm/trunks, mud/dirt, stone with mud; and mud/krinting*)

Roof

Good = (Sod, metal corrugated iron, cement concrete)

Poor = (Thatch/palm leaf)

Window

Good = (having a window with at least glasses, screen, curtain, or shutters)

Poor = (No window at all or window without glasses, screen, curtain, or shutters)