Table 3 Needs and Wants categories
Groupings | Items | Need | Want |
|---|---|---|---|
Personal Enhancement Items | Expensive perfume | Need | |
Hair extensions | Need | ||
Lingerie (fancy underwear (such as Jockey) | Need | ||
Toiletries (scented soap, skin cream, body lotion, powder, roll-on deodorant) | Need | ||
Make-up (eyebrow pencil, mascara, false eye lashes, eye liner) | Want | ||
Cosmetics (Moisturising cream, nail polish (Cutex), skin-brightening cream, lip balm, bag, hair control) | Want | ||
Salon treatment (hairdressing/hair highlighting, relaxing, dyeing, manicure, waxing) | Want | ||
Accessories (watches/handbag) | Want | ||
Jewellery (bracelets, earrings, necklace, gold tooth) | Want | ||
Body piercings (belly-ring nose-ring, tongue-ring, tattoo) | Want | ||
Practical Items | Clothes | Need | |
Ordinary cell phone and airtime | Need | ||
Shoes | Need | ||
Female items (underwear, sanitary pads) | Need | ||
Food, groceries | Need | ||
School uniforms/supplies | Need | ||
Transport to school/work | Need | ||
Birth control/condoms | Need | ||
Expensive Items | Expensive clothes (skinny jeans, hlokoloza (mini skirt), tekkies (trainers), branded clothes | Need | |
Fancy shoes (high heels, Carvela (expensive Italian branded shoes) | Need | ||
Expensive phones (blackberry/camera phone/Nokia/×2) | Want | ||
Expensive foods (chocolate, yoghurt, grapes, restaurant) | Want | ||
Entertainment/leisure | Beer/alcohol | Want | |
Cold drinks and chips, Ultramel (ready-made custard), Lays (potato crisps) | Want | ||
Movies/music and travelling | Want | ||
Pocket money | Want |