Table 1.

Summary of wealth ranking exercise

Socioeconomic characteristic	'Abagaiga' – The least poor	'Abafuni' – (The Medium wealth category)	Abaavu – The poorest
Income (financial capital)	Income generating activity e.g. shop or other business with capitalization from 400,000 – 1 million UGX	Low earning, unable to save	- Unable to raise small amounts (2,000 Ushs) in a crisis e.g. police bond or cannot have on them 1000 Ushs - Lacks a job that can bring in daily income - May have small amount of capital from 20,000 – 30,000 Ushs
Assets (physical and natural capital)	Means of transport – car or motorcycle; House – building materials – bricks, plastered walls, iron sheets, glass windows; state of maintenance and surrounding compound as important as building materials; Farmed land up to 5 acres	Cows, goats, hens with value up to 100,000 Ushs	Doesn't have anything Squalid home Poor beddings No material things to sell
Occupation	Self-employed in some business	Primary school teachers, petty traders	Does not work due to advanced age, illness, irresponsible social behavior, appearance (cannot obtain employment) Employment of casual nature
Ability to survive	Can obtain all needs in a timely manner without straining themselves	Can solve problems of magnitude up to 100,000	- Lives hand to mouth - Cannot survive without borrowing or asking for assistance - Survives on social/community support e.g. needs to borrow or ask for help to obtain certain elements for survival - Usually lacks close family relatives