Table 1.

Measures for scoring the Premise Condition Index

Premise variables	Description	Classification score
P1. House condition	a. Well-maintained, e.g., newly painted or new house	1
	b. Moderately well-maintained house	2
	c. Not well-maintained house, e.g., paint peeling, broken items visible, dilapidated old house	3
P2. Yard condition	a. Tidy yard, e.g., no rubbish or trash evident, well-maintained gardens, and lawn	1
	b. Moderately tidy yard	2
	c. Untidy yard, rubbish and trash abundant, and the garden or lawn with overgrown grass	3
P3. Shade condition	a. Very little or no shade (< 25%), e.g., no major trees or bush	1
	b. Some shade (> 25% but < 50%)	2
	c. Plenty of shade, > 50%, e.g., large trees evident, layers of shrubs, green house, plastic tarp sheet, or overhanging roofs used	3
P4. Water supply and storage	a. Piped water supply only	1
	b. Well water supply only	2
	c. Rainwater and/or river water	3