Table 2 Percentage distribution by selected characteristics
| Â | Benin | Burkina Faso | Ethiopia | Ghana | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mozambique | Namibia | Nigeria | Rwanda | Swaziland | Tanzania | Uganda | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Men | 23.0 | 22.4 | 30.0 | 46.8 | 30.4 | 28.3 | 45.9 | 23.4 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 28.5 | 23.5 | 29.9 | 45.5 | 20.3 | 22.7 | 44.6 |
Women | 77.0 | 77.6 | 70.0 | 53.2 | 69.6 | 71.7 | 54.1 | 76.6 | 78.2 | 81.1 | 71.5 | 76.5 | 70.1 | 54.5 | 79.7 | 77.3 | 55.4 |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
15–24 | 33.9 | 40.3 | 40.7 | 36.4 | 42.8 | 45.3 | 37.9 | 36.3 | 43.2 | 40.8 | 41.8 | 41.2 | 43.3 | 48.4 | 41.6 | 41.6 | 46.6 |
25–34 | 34.0 | 27.4 | 29.3 | 29.4 | 29.3 | 25.3 | 29.2 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 29.5 | 30.8 | 29.2 | 27.1 | 26.8 | 31.5 | 30.3 | 28.4 |
35+ | 32.1 | 32.3 | 29.9 | 34.2 | 27.9 | 29.4 | 32.8 | 33.2 | 25.2 | 29.6 | 27.4 | 29.6 | 29.7 | 24.8 | 26.9 | 28.1 | 25.1 |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No education | 58.8 | 76.2 | 54.2 | 28.3 | 13.5 | 07.3 | 29.8 | 14.6 | 20.7 | 32.0 | 08.6 | 35.1 | 21.2 | 08.1 | 22.0 | 17.4 | 03.1 |
Primary | 21.9 | 13.2 | 24.4 | 18.4 | 53.3 | 58.8 | 34 | 39.8 | 62.6 | 56.6 | 27.7 | 22.8 | 67.2 | 33.5 | 64.0 | 59.1 | 31.6 |
Secondary+ | 19.2 | 10.6 | 21.4 | 53.3 | 33.3 | 33.9 | 36.2 | 45.6 | 16.7 | 11.3 | 63.7 | 42.1 | 11.6 | 58.3 | 14.0 | 23.5 | 65.3 |
Occupation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Working | 80.5 | 86.7 | 50.5 | 79.2 | 64.9 | 44.9 | 71.1 | 75.2 | 63.6 | 72.9 | 56.9 | 61.2 | 67.9 | 50.7 | 79.1 | 88.1 | 54.6 |
Not working | 19.5 | 13.3 | 49.5 | 20.8 | 35.1 | 55.1 | 28.9 | 24.8 | 36.4 | 27.1 | 43.1 | 38.8 | 32.1 | 49.3 | 20.9 | 11.9 | 45.4 |
Marital | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Never married | 22.6 | 24.9 | 31.3 | 32.8 | 34.4 | 38.0 | 32.6 | 26.3 | 19.7 | 21.1 | 58.7 | 31.9 | 40.5 | 56.5 | 28.2 | 26.9 | 36.7 |
Currently married | 73.1 | 71.6 | 59.6 | 60.0 | 57.2 | 49.9 | 59.8 | 61.9 | 70.2 | 66.3 | 35.0 | 63.7 | 49.2 | 36.6 | 63.0 | 61.7 | 52.8 |
Formerly married | 04.3 | 03.5 | 09.1 | 07.2 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 06.3 | 04.4 | 10.3 | 06.9 | 08.8 | 11.4 | 10.5 |
Wealth | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Poorest | 18.7 | 16.7 | 19.7 | 23.9 | 16.3 | 17.2 | 19.3 | 12.5 | 16.7 | 18.9 | 15.7 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 14.9 | 17.4 | 20.5 | 17.8 |
Poor | 19.1 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 18.2 | 15.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 10.7 | 20.1 | 15.1 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 18.7 | 16.4 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 18.5 |
Middle | 19.3 | 23.1 | 14.6 | 17.5 | 17 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 13.1 | 21.8 | 17.6 | 24.1 | 19.6 | 18.1 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 17.5 | 18.2 |
Richer | 21.0 | 16.4 | 14.3 | 18.6 | 19.7 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 18.7 | 21.3 | 20.7 | 25.1 | 20.8 | 19.6 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 18.3 | 23.0 |
Richest | 21.8 | 25.2 | 36.5 | 21.8 | 31.2 | 24.2 | 20.3 | 44.9 | 20.1 | 27.6 | 17.7 | 22.5 | 24.1 | 28.2 | 23.3 | 24.7 | 22.5 |
Type of residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Urban | 42.0 | 24.5 | 30.1 | 39.9 | 33.1 | 26.7 | 43.7 | 64.3 | 14.3 | 43.7 | 44.3 | 40.6 | 23.2 | 32.6 | 24.0 | 16.7 | 35.2 |
Rural | 58.0 | 75.5 | 69.9 | 60.1 | 66.9 | 73.3 | 56.3 | 35.7 | 85.7 | 56.3 | 55.7 | 59.4 | 76.8 | 67.4 | 76.0 | 83.3 | 64.8 |
Decision making indices | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Respondent alone (1–5) | 58.2 | 62.6 | 42.9 | 59.1 | 73.6 | 70.2 | 53.1 | 65.2 | 66.4 | 73.3 | 31.2 | 52.7 | 62.4 | 16.2 | 70.3 | 45.7 | 16.8 |
Husband/Partner alone (1–5) | 43.5 | 57.5 | 42.9 | 29.6 | 52.7 | 46.0 | 45.4 | 23.9 | 58.5 | 51.8 | 30.1 | 56.8 | 28.8 | 16.9 | 54.0 | 55.7 | 10.9 |
Husband-wife (1–5) | 35.1 | 19.5 | 58.4 | 24.6 | 42.7 | 38.6 | 59.9 | 52.2 | 42.6 | 42.0 | 43.5 | 29.9 | 41.1 | 14.9 | 36.7 | 46.8 | 28.1 |
Media access | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Read newspaper | 14.1 | 11.0 | 26.5 | 28.8 | 51.1 | 23.6 | 32.9 | 43.7 | 32.8 | 19.0 | 65.6 | 30.4 | 29.4 | 68.2 | 42.1 | 28.2 | 50.3 |
Listen to radio | 84.5 | 72.6 | 53.7 | 89.6 | 85.6 | 58.9 | 70.5 | 79.1 | 83.0 | 86.8 | 89.1 | 78.7 | 81.4 | 83.6 | 80.7 | 82.7 | 64.3 |
Watch television | 40.8 | 30.2 | 32.3 | 59.0 | 46.4 | 18.0 | 44.1 | 47.2 | 17.1 | 36.7 | 51.5 | 49.8 | 17.1 | 48.4 | 33.2 | 18.3 | 44.7 |