Tips for trainers: ranking lines: exploring local indicators of wealth and health

This short article, in the tips for trainers section of the special 50th edition of PLA notes, describes a ranking line activity. This is an activity that can be used for determining local indicators of poverty and wealth, health, local environment etc. The activity involves people lining up (or placing markers on a line) in between extremes on a continuum, such as rich and poor. Ranking lines can be useful in starting off local needs assessments and health action plans, or to explore specific issues within a community.