2010 LIVING CONDITIONS AND MONITORING SURVEY VI
5TH EDITION

Zambia, 2010

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Ownership of assets is another useful measure when considering changes in household welfare. Not only is it a proxy for ability to consume, but also ownership of productive assets such as farming implements can determine a household's ability to generate further income. The most commonly owned asset was a hoe, with about 81.4 per cent of households reporting ownership in both 2006 and 2010. Other commonly owned assets were mattresses, beds and braziers, which were owned by 71.8 per cent, 71.5 per cent and 65.6 per cent of households in 2010.
Ownership of agricultural machinery and equipment was much more prevalent in rural areas than in urban areas, in particular items such as ploughs, crop sprayers, hammer mills, hoes and axes. For example, while 95.3 per cent of rural households owned a hoe, only 56.5 per cent of urban households owned one.
Furthermore, ownership of livestock was also higher in rural areas. For example, 8 per cent of rural households reported ownership of at least one oxen compared to just 0.8 per cent of urban households.