Asset ownership Some 73% of detainees said they “owned” their own homes. Homes are likely to be informally “owned” through inheritance or family ownership, and ownership is likely to be without supporting documentation. Apart from their homes, detainees do not tend to have major assets. Only 20% said they owned a motor vehicle. Some 27% said they owned livestock. On average, those who owned livestock said
they owned 25 head of stock. Half of detainees in the sample also said they owned unspecified “equipment” (Figure 5).
FIGURE 5 Proportion of detainees owning various assets at time of arrest 100%
Owned 27%
49%
69%
73%
80%
84%
73%
51%
31%
27%
20%
16%
Home
Other equipment
Land
Livestock
Motor vehicles
Other assets
80% 60%
22
40% 20% 0%
Not owned