A livelihood comprises the capabilities, which comprised of assets (including both material and social resources) and activities used by a household for means of living (ACF International 2010).
We used a wealth index as a measure of SES, which was created based on information on household assets, including land, construction materials of the houses, household assets, number of certain clothes and shoes owned (Saha et al. 2008a; Tofail et al. 2008).
Housing characteristics and assets including toilet facilities, number of rooms and beds, roof material, lantern, radio, television, bicycle and vehicles were included in the model.
Housing characteristics and assets including toilet facilities, number of rooms and beds, roof material, lantern, radio, television, bicycle and motor vehicles were included in the model.
The index incorporated information on roofing materials, ownership of agricultural land, livestock ownership, and ownership of household assets including televisions, radios, clocks, fans, mobile phones, and dhiki (traditional wooden thresher) [ 8].
The index assessed housing characteristics including floor, wall and roof material; ownership of agricultural land, livestock, herds and other farm animals; and household assets including televisions, radios, clocks, fans, and mobile and non-mobile phones.
The questionnaire includes questions on home and land ownership, housing quality (e.g., house construction materials), access to services (water, electricity, gas, and sanitation services), and household assets including possession of various durable goods, productive assets, and livestock.
Interviewees were asked a series of questions about 53 types of household assets including ownership of commodities, presence of electricity, and housing materials, in-line with the 2003-04 Tanzania HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey [ 13].
A composite measure of household socio economic status was constructed with the use of multiple correspondence analysis based on ownership of assets including mobile phone and television, and house characteristics including water source, roof material and toilet type.
A socioeconomic wealth index was constructed with the use of multiple correspondence analysis based on ownership of assets including mobile phone and television, and house characteristics including water source, roof material and toilet type.
