Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of study sample: Senegal, Mali and Ghana study areas, 2004 dataa
| Ghanab | Mali | Senegal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-member | Member | All | Non-member | Member | All | Non-member | Member | All | |
| Individual characteristics | |||||||||
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 48.0 | 44.0 | 46.3 | 48.9 | 48.7 | 48.8 | 49.8 | 48.0 | 49.1 |
| Female | 52.0 | 56.0 | 53.7 | 51.1 | 51.3 | 51.2 | 50.2 | 52.0 | 50.9 |
| Mean age (years) | 22.5 | 25.7 | 23.9 | 20.5 | 23.2 | 20.6 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 23.6 |
| Household characteristics | |||||||||
| Female headed household | 29.8 | 36.7 | 32.7 | 6.9 | 16.3 | 10.4 | 21.0 | 28.2 | 23.8 |
| Economic status quintile | |||||||||
| Poorest 20% | 26.2 | 15.5 | 21.5 | 16.0 | 10.0 | 13.8 | 26.5 | 25.3 | 26.0 |
| Middle-poor 20% | 22.1 | 18.8 | 20.7 | 19.9 | 16.9 | 18.8 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 23.6 |
| Middle 20% | 21.6 | 17.7 | 20.0 | 22.6 | 16.9 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 19.8 |
| Middle-rich 20% | 17.3 | 22.4 | 19.5 | 22.8 | 25.7 | 23.9 | 18.3 | 16.9 | 17.8 |
| Richest 20% | 12.9 | 25.7 | 18.4 | 18.8 | 30.6 | 23.2 | 11.9 | 14.3 | 12.9 |
| Education of household head | |||||||||
| No education | 42.4 | 39.2 | 41.0 | 39.2 | 24.3 | 33.7 | 33.9 | 29.3 | 32.0 |
| Primary | 49.0 | 45.3 | 47.4 | 45.0 | 41.6 | 43.7 | 42.7 | 42.8 | 42.8 |
| Secondary or higher | 8.6 | 15.5 | 11.6 | 15.8 | 34.1 | 22.6 | 23.4 | 27.9 | 25.2 |
| Occupation of household head | |||||||||
| Unemployed | 12.1 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 22.2 | 24.8 | 23.1 | 30.0 | 21.9 | 26.5 |
| Agriculture | 69.0 | 62.4 | 66.2 | 15.9 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 26.3 | 25.9 | 26.1 |
| Trade/commerce | 15.8 | 21.3 | 18.1 | 29.4 | 40.1 | 33.4 | 18.8 | 26.4 | 22.1 |
| Government | 3.1 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 32.5 | 21.3 | 28.4 | 13.6 | 16.1 | 14.7 |
| Other | 11.4 | 9.8 | 10.7 | ||||||
| Residence | |||||||||
| Urban | 57.6 | 62.1 | 59.5 | 70.3 | 88.0 | 76.9 | 44.9 | 44.1 | 44.6 |
| Rural | 42.4 | 37.9 | 40.5 | 29.7 | 12.0 | 23.1 | 55.1 | 55.9 | 55.4 |
| Total number of individuals | 6406 | 3147 | 9553 | 6620 | 3927 | 10 547 | 5621 | 3605 | 9226 |
aAll descriptive statistics show percentage of total sample of individuals, unless noted otherwise.
bTotal study sample, including Nkoranza and Offinso districts.