The diagram demonstrates the fraction of families who have a refrigerator, electricity, and water in Ghana for the years 1991/1992 and 1998/1999, dividing them into three groups according to their neediness: very poor, poor, and nonpoor.
Overall, those who were not poor had the greatest access to the three amenities throughout the years. Moreover, while their acquisition of such facilities increased during the recorded period, the percentage of poor people who have a refrigerator decreased year on year, as well as the fraction of very poor individuals provided with electricity.
In 1991/1992, 24% of nonpoor families had a refrigerator, while only 11% and 3% of poor and very poor ones had such a luxury, respectively. This fraction increased to 37% in 1998/1999, while that of the other two groups stayed below 10%. Regarding electricity, 73% and 85% of the nonpoor group had access to such a facility in 1991/1992 and 1998/1999, respectively. Conversely, that fraction failed to exceed 60% in the poorer groups. Furthermore, in 1991/1992 and 1998/1999, 76% and 80% of the nonpoor group were provided with water, respectively. In contrast, less than 70% of the less fortunate groups were provided with such an amenity.
As obvious in the previous paragraph, the percentage of nonpoor households with access to each of the three studied amenities increased over the years. However, the percentage of poor household who had a refrigerator decreased from 11% in 1991/1992 to 7% in 1998/1999, while that of the poor group remained constant. Furthermore, the fraction of very poor houses with access to electricity fell from 57% in 1991/1992 to 48% in 1998/1999, while that of the poor ones remained the same.