| Background Characteristics |
Female |
Male |
| Illiteracy |
| Women age 15-49 and men age 15-54 that cannot read at all (%) |
21 |
12 |
| Educational Attainment |
| Population age 20-24 that has completed secondary or higher education (%) |
24 |
33 |
| Exposure to mass media |
| Women age 15-49 and men age 15-54 that are not regularly exposed to any media (%) |
22 |
8 |
| Early Marriage |
| Women age 25-49 and men age 25-54 that were married by age 18 (%) |
33 |
4 |
| Age at first sexual intercourse |
| Women age 20-49 and men age 20-54 that had sexual intercourse by age 15 (%) |
17 |
25 |
| Fertility and Family Planning |
Female |
Male |
| Total fertility rate |
| Number of births a woman would have in her lifetime if fertility levels remain constant at those observed in the 5 years before the survey |
4.9 |
n/a |
| Early child bearing |
| Women age 15-19 who have begun childbearing (%) |
23 |
n/a |
| Fertility desires |
| Mean ideal number of children among women age 15-49 and men age 15-59 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
| Contraceptive use |
| Currently married population age 15-49 currently using a modern method of contraception (%) |
32 |
- |
| Employment |
Female |
Male |
| Work |
| Population age 15-49 employed in the 12 months preceding the survey who are currently employed(%) |
58 |
72 |
| Work for cash |
| Population age 15-49 earning cash among those employed in the 12 months preceding the survey (%) 1 |
55 |
75 |
| Occupation |
| Population age 15-49 employed in: |
| professional, technical, or managerial occupations (%) |
7 |
10 |
| all non-agricultural occupations (%) |
51 |
58 |
| Decision on use of earnings |
| Women age 15-49 with no control over their own earnings among those employed for cash (%) |
13 |
n/a |
| Women's Empowerment |
Female |
Male |
| Decision making |
| Women age 15-49 who alone or jointly have the final say in the following decisions (%): |
| own health care |
50 |
- |
| making large purchases |
33 |
- |
| making daily purchases |
48 |
- |
| visits to friends or relatives |
51 |
- |
| what food to cook |
66 |
- |
| none of the decisions |
24 |
- |
| Gender-role attitudes |
| Population age 15-49 who agree that a husband is justified in beating his wife if (%): |
| she burns the food |
16 |
13 |
| she argues with him |
46 |
41 |
| she goes out without telling him |
39 |
35 |
| she neglects the children |
55 |
50 |
| she refuses to have sex with him |
29 |
25 |
| Domestic Violence |
Female |
Male |
| Physical violence |
| Women age 15-49 who have experienced violence by anyone (%): |
| since age 15 |
49 |
n/a |
| in past 12 months |
25 |
n/a |
| Currently married and divorced or separated women age 15-49 who have experienced physical or sexual violence by their husband or partner (%): |
| ever |
43 |
n/a |
| in the 12 months preceding the survey |
65 |
n/a |
| Children |
Female |
Male |
| School attendance |
Primary school age population (6-13 years) that is attending primary
school (%) |
79 |
79 |
| Secondary school age population (11-15 years) that is attending secondary school (%) |
12 |
13 |
| Treatment for children who are ill |
| Children age 0-59 months who had diarrhea in the two weeks preceding the survey who: |
| were taken to a health facility or provider (%) |
34 |
27 |
| received no treatment (%) |
32 |
32 |
| Children age 0-59 months for whom treatment was sought among those who had fever or symptoms of ARI: |
| in the two weeks preceding the survey (%) |
45 |
46 |
| Vaccination |
| Children age 12-23 months who: |
| have not received any required vaccinations (%) |
7 |
8 |
| have received all required vaccinations (%) |
57 |
56 |
| Vitamin A supplementation |
| Children age 6-59 months who received vitamin A supplements in the six months preceding the survey (%) |
31 |
35 |
| Breastfeeding |
| Children age 0-59 months who were ever breastfed (%) |
97 |
96 |
| Children age 0-6 months who were breastfed six or more times in the 24 hours preceding the survey (%) |
91 |
94 |
| Nutritional status |
| Children age 0-59 months who are: |
| stunted (%) |
28 |
33 |
| underweight (%) |
5 |
6 |
| Children age 6-59 months who are |
| anemic (%) |
- |
- |
| Mortality |
| Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 live births |
103 |
122 |
| HIV/AIDS |
Female |
Male |
| HIV Prevalence |
| Population age 15-49 that tested HIV positive (%) |
8.7 |
4.6 |
| Knowledge of HIV prevention |
| Population age 15-49 that knows the following ways of reducing the risk of getting AIDS (%): |
| using condoms |
61 |
72 |
| limiting sex to one uninfected faithful partner |
81 |
89 |
| abstaining from sex |
79 |
89 |
| Population age 15-49 that knows that a healthy looking person can: |
| have the AIDS virus (%) |
85 |
90 |
| Higher-risk sex and condom use at last higher-risk sex2 |
| Population age 15-49 that engaged in higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey (%) |
18 |
40 |
| Population age 15-49 that used a condom at last higher-risk sex in the 12 months preceding the survey (%) |
24 |
47 |
| Household Headship |
Female |
Male |
| Households by sex of the household head (%) |
32 |
68 |
