In the small fresco village, which is located in a lower, warmer area, most houses have thatched roofs and walls made of reeds and mod. Most homes have a kitchen located in a separate room or area outside the house, and most families own the land on which their homes are constructed. Dirt floors present a potential health risk, particularly for young children. The means for the house factor scores increased in all the villages over the 20 years but were consistently lowest in the small fresco village. No houses were equipped with electricity in 1967.
Families generally have few possessions.
In the large fresco village two-thirds owned radios by 1987. Occupations Fathers' occupations are shown in table 4. The percentages varied by village. In 1987 unemployed were coded separately. Table 5 presents the percentages of women who reported an occupation in 1974 and 1987, categorized into the same groups as the men.