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Table 1 Household asset quintiles in 598 households surveyed.

From: Equity and coverage of insecticide-treated bed nets in an area of intense transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in Tanzania

Asset Quintile

Households (%)

Non-mud floor

Non-grass roof

Bicycle

Mobile phone

Radio

Non-koroboi light*

Poorest

110 (18.3%)

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

Very poor

130 (21.7%)

0%

38%

0%

0%

62%

0%

Poor

115 (19.2%)

3%

38%

40%

23%

70%

10%

Less poor

121 (20.2%)

35%

71%

55%

45%

79%

18%

Least poor

122 (20.4%)

89%

89%

73%

70%

93%

70%

  1. *Locally made oil-burning light source, non-koroboi assumes kerosene or electric light source.