Table 1 Description of data sets, selected social, economic, and demographic characteristics of the countries included in the study
Variable | year | Sample size | Population | GDP per capita | Adult literacy rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  | Men | Women | Total (millions 2005) | Growth rate (1975 – 2005) | %urban (2005) | Value (US$ 2005) | Growth rate (1990 – 2005) | Men | Women |
Benin | 2006 | 6000 | 18000 | 8.5 | 3.2 | 40.1 | 508 | 1.4 | 47.9 | 23.3 |
Burkina Faso | 2003 | 3605 | 12477 | 13.9 | 2.8 | 18.3 | 391 | 1.3 | 31.4 | 16.6 |
Ethiopia | 2005 | 6033 | 14070 | 79 | 2.8 | 16 | 157 | 1.5 | 50.0 | 22.8 |
Ghana | 2003 | 5015 | 5691 | 22.5 | 2.6 | 47.8 | 485 | 2.0 | 66.4 | 49.8 |
Kenya | 2003 | 3578 | 8195 | 35.6 | 3.2 | 20.7 | 547 | -.1 | 77.7 | 70.2 |
Lesotho | 2004 | 2797 | 7095 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 18.7 | 808 | 2.3 | 73.7 | 90.3 |
Liberia | 2007 | 6009 | 7092 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 58.1 | 167 | 2.3 | 58.3 | 45.7 |
Madagascar | 2004* | 2432 | 7949 | 18.6 | 2.9 | 26.8 | 271 | -.7 | 76.5 | 65.3 |
Malawi | 2004 | 3261 | 11698 | 13.2 | 3.1 | 17.2 | 161 | 1.0 | 74.9 | 54.0 |
Mozambique | 2003 | 2900 | 12418 | 20.5 | 2.2 | 34.5 | 335 | 4.3 | 54.8 | 25.0 |
Namibia | 2007 | 3915 | 9804 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 35.1 | 3016 | 1.4 | 86.8 | 83.5 |
Nigeria | 2003 | 2346 | 7620 | 141.4 | 2.8 | 48.2 | 752 | 0.8 | 78.2 | 60.1 |
Rwanda | 2005 | 4820 | 11321 | 9.2 | 2.5 | 19.3 | 238 | 0.1 | 71.4 | 59.8 |
Swaziland | 2006 | 4156 | 4987 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 24.1 | 2414 | 0.2 | 80.9 | 78.3 |
Tanzania | 2004 | 2635 | 10329 | 38.5 | 2.9 | 24.2 | 316 | 1.7 | 77.5 | 62.2 |
Uganda | 2006 | 2503 | 8531 | 28.9 | 3.3 | 12.6 | 303 | 3.2 | 76.8 | 57.7 |
Zimbabwe | 2006* | 7175 | 8907 | 13.1 | 2.5 | 35.9 | 259 | -2.1 | 92.7 | 86.2 |