Less than one fifth of the respondents borrowed to finance their additional expenditure and those that did, borrowed an average of Rs2,687 a month. The average distance of the work place for the chief wage earner was 7.8 kilometres. While a small proportion (16 per cent) had a two-wheeler, which they used to get to their place of work, more than one third of the respondents reached their place of work by foot. This shows the need for pedestrian-friendly cities, especially for the urban poor, marginalized and the vulnerable. An additional one fourth of respondents took a bus to get to work. Nearly 94 per cent had a mobile phone, which testifies to the ease with which feedback can be solicited on various programmers targeted at them.