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table 3.6 (continued)
Results of transect Walks and semistructured Interviews, Kiambu district,
Kenya, 1997

Variable Githima Gitangu Kiawamagira mahindi Gikabu thiririka

Problems, needs, Issues, or concerns

Market a X X X

Water X

Crop diseases X

Animal diseases b X

Artificial insemination
services

X

Soil fertility X

Soil erosion O XO O XO

O, observed; X, reported
a Market unavailable or unstable prices for produce
b Often used in reference to anaplasmosis, but also to other conditions presenting with constipation or
indigestion

table 3.7
criteria for Judging Wealth and Well-being of Households, Kiambu district,
Kenya, 1997
criteria Githima Gitangu Kiawamagira mahindi Gikabu thiririka

Type of house lived in X X X X X X

Motor vehicle
ownership

X X X X

Proprietor of a business X X X

Off-farm jobs X X X X

Size of farmland X X X X X X

Owns shares in
companies

X

Educates/d children X X X

Personal hygiene X X

Farm management X X

Quality of diet X X X

Health status of family X

Electricity supply to
home

X

Telephone service at
home

X

Livestock numbers X

Bicycle ownership X

Television ownership X