Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
In Mahindi, wealthy households had permanent houses, cars, a telephone, and
electricity; more than 3 acres of farmland; educated children; and a well-fed fam-
ily. Wealthy households in Thiririka were those that owned land and a bicycle or
television set; had at least two cows, a good timber house, and a wife and children.
Approximately 20% of the residents in Thiririka were described as poor, 75% as
average, and 5% as wealthy. Local participants in Mahindi and Gikabu could not give
estimates of the number of rich and poor households, citing sociocultural reasons.
3.3.2.4
Health analysis
Diseases and health concerns described by local participants as the most important
and commonly occurring are shown in Table 3.8. The most important risk factors
described by local participants are shown in Table 3.9; the coping strategies for these
problems are shown in Table 3.10.
table 3.8
diseases and Health concerns Perceived to be the most Important
and commonly occurring, Kiambu district, Kenya, 1997
diseases
Githima
Gitangu
Kiawamagira
mahindi
Gikabu
thiririka
Malaria
X
X
X
X
X
Dysentery
X
X
Pneumonia
X
X
X
X
X
X
Coughing
X
Typhoid
X
X
X
X
Flu/common cold
X
X
X
X
X
X
Asthma
X
X
X
Backache
X
High blood
pressure
X
X
X
Stomach ulcers
X
X
Diabetes
X
X
X
Tuberculosis
X
Joint pains/
arthritis
X
X
X
X
Cancer
X
AIDS
X
X
X
Skin diseases/
ringworms
X
X
X
Epilepsy
X
Diarrhea
X
Gastrointestinal
tract worms
X
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