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summer. Provinces with high use of electricity have least use of oil lamps and vice versa. A similar pattern of use is present in the winter.
Use of generators is reported to be highest in Ghazni 25, Nuristan 15, Paktya 12 and Kabul 11, while households reported their use in Laghman, Badghis
and Zabul. Badakhshan, Ghor, Hirat, Hilmand, Jawzjan and Panjsher reported less than 1 use. Similar pattern of use prevail in the winter. No lighting at all is highest
in Farah 5, Uruzgan 2 and Jawzjan 2 and less than 1 across the country. A similar pattern of use prevails in the winter.
Gas usage is highest in Kabul 8, Panjsher 6 and Wardak 5. None of the households in Paktika, Faryab, Takhar, Daykundi, Sar-I-Pul, Badghis, Badakhshan,
Zabul, Jawzjan, and Uruzgan use gas as source of lighting in the summer. During the winter, Kabul 32, Baghlan and Kapisa 11 are the highest users of gas.
Badakhshan, Nuristan, Bamyan, Ghor, Jawzjan, Uruzgan, Sar-I-Pul, Daykundi, Paktika and Badghis do not use gas for lighting in the winter. Candles have the
highest use in Ghor 11 and batteries in Kabul 3; in the rest of the provinces their use is insignificant. The same situation is found in the winter.
3.6 Household asset ownership
The household questionnaire gathered information on each household’s ownership out of 21 basic and productive assets.
The most commonly owned household asset are glims, traditional handmade low- cost carpets. Ninety-two percent of Kuchi and rural households own glims followed
by 88 of urban households. However, urban households tend to have more and better quality carpets 35 compared to the national average of 22 Kuchi 12,
and rural 19. Watches or clocks are found in 88 of the households Kuchi 76, rural 87 and urban 94. Radios are owned in 78 of all households, Kuchi 64,
rural 77 and urban 88. Nineteen percent of the households own televisions Kuchi 2, rural 8 and urban 73. Overall, 41 of the households own a sewing
machine
Kuchi 17, rural 39 and urban 61. Ownership of small mobilityworking assets, such as bicycles and carts, was investigated and found to be
closely related to terrain, with rugged mountainous and desert areas, as well as areas lacking rural roads, presenting lower levels of ownership. More than one third
of the households own a bicycle Kuchi 20, rural 32 and urban 55. Handcart ownership shows similar percentages; 26 of households own a cart Kuchi 11,
rural and urban 27.
Table 25: Household assets
Categories Wa
tch Carp
ets Gilim
Radio Refrigera
tor
TV VCR
Sewing- mac
hine Rug weavin
g
loom Carp
entr y
Gener ator
Thuray a
Kuchi 76
12 92
64 2
2 17
2 1
2 1
Rural 87
19 92
77 2
8 4
39 2
2 4
1 Urban
94 35
88 88
26 73
38 61
3 3
14 2
National 88
22 92
78 6
19 10
41 3
2 5
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