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Family Food & Shelter
23. A typical breakfast consists of:
Rice, chili, salt, tea, with butter.
24. A typical lunch consists of:
Rice with curry (sometimes meat), curd drink. On special
occasions pork with red chilies, carrots, and sausage.
25. A typical dinner consists of:
Rice, vegetable curry or cheese with chili curry.
26. Are you satisfied with your food?
Yes.
27. Does your family rent or own your house?
We own our house.
29. Did you buy the house or inherit it?
Namgay inherited it from his mother's family at 27 years.
30. Is it government subsidized?
No.
32. How many rooms and how many square feet is it?
Total living space: 729 square feet (27'x27'), including 5 rooms
with a barn under the house and an attic on the top floor. The barn area is 1,134 square feet (27'x42'), and the attic
storage is 729 square feet (27'x27').
33. Do you own any other property outside of your dwelling?
Yes, we own 3 wet acres (rice paddy), 2 acres dry land, and a
rice mill.
Family Education & Well-Being
34. Are your family members literate, and if so, which ones?
Kinley is literate; Bangum is learning to read and write; Chato
Namgay is in kindergarten; Namgay reads a form of Sanskrit
which religious texts are written in. All other members of our
family are illiterate.