Table 3.

Number assets, percent households owning specific assets, and selected demographic characteristics, by wealth quintiles

	Quintiles

	Total (N=1011)	Lowest (N=160)	Second (N=226)	Third (N=205)	Fourth (N=208)	Highest (N=218)	χ² or F- Value^a
Panel A. Number assets owned
Mean	2.4	0.0	1.0	1.9	3.1	5.6	1495.2^*
Std. deviation	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6	1.6
Median	2	0	1	2	3	5
10^th percentile	0	0	1	2	2	4
90^th percentile	5	0	1	2	4	8

Panel B. % households owning assets
Radio	67.3	0.0	57.1	85.4	86.5	92.5	466.8^*
Television	60.5	0.0	36.3	71.7	85.1	97.2	483.4^*
Modern toilet	27.4	0.0	0.0	13.7	33.7	84.0	513.0^*
Jewelry	25.6	0.0	6.6	16.1	49.5	50.9	241.3^*
Motorcycle	25.1	0.0	0.0	5.9	36.2	78.4	505.0^*
Modern floor	12.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	13.5	44.1	279.8^*
Telephone	10.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	49.3	428.0^*
Fan	10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	48.8	412.1^*
Car	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	10.8	78.2^*
Refrigerator	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	64.9^*

Panel C. Demographic characteristics
% female	58.9	71.9	58.8	53.7	49.5	63.2	22.6^*
% married	51.9	39.4	52.2	54.6	60.1	50.2	16.5^*
% with schooling	41.7	25.2	38.5	40.5	53.4	47.7	33.5^*
% working	61.7	63.8	56.6	59.0	54.8	74.6	22.6^*
% in agriculture	78.4	86.8	85.4	84.9	78.4	58.5	67.9^*
% living with child	78.7	62.3	74.3	74.0	88.5	90.6	60.7^*
Mean household size	5.4	4.2	4.8	5.3	5.9	6.4	21.2^*

p < .05, two-tailed test

Categorical tests use χ², mean tests use F-Ratios.