Table A1.
Percentage distribution of study respondents, by eight sociodemographic characteristics, according to country
| Variable | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Côte d'Ivoire | Ethiopia | Ghana | Guinea | Kenya | Lesotho | Malawi | Mali | Niger | Rwanda | Senegal | Tanzania | Zambia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||||||||||||||
| 15–19 | 31.0 | 26.8 | 20.9 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 28.9 | 26.6 | 30.3 | 22.2 | 25.6 | 22.8 | 25.2 | 29.4 | 25.2 | 24.4 |
| 20–24 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 21.8 | 20.1 | 15.8 | 20.9 | 21.1 | 20.5 | 19.9 | 17.6 | 17.8 | 21.6 | 20.4 | 18.8 | 18.3 |
| 25–29 | 14.8 | 17.3 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 17.0 | 12.8 | 15.5 | 15.1 | 20.9 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 18.6 |
| 30–34 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 13.9 | 13.8 |
| 35–39 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 8.2 | 11.0 | 11.6 |
| 40–44 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 |
| 45–49 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| Marital status | |||||||||||||||
| Never married | 53.8 | 46.3 | 52.1 | 45.7 | 47.7 | 50.5 | 50.1 | 57.5 | 37.0 | 46.5 | 40.8 | 50.1 | 55.8 | 43.7 | 41.5 |
| Currently married | 40.6 | 44.3 | 26.5 | 50.8 | 41.1 | 38.6 | 44.7 | 36.7 | 58.9 | 47.9 | 56.5 | 29.9 | 33.4 | 50.5 | 52.4 |
| Unmarried cohabiting | 3.7 | na | 15.2 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 17.7 | 6.8 | na | 0.4 |
| Formerly married | 1.8 | 9.5 | 6.2 | 3.0 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| Household wealth | |||||||||||||||
| Poorest | 15.1 | 12.3 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 15.9 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 16.2 | 12.3 | na | 13.6 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 15.5 | na |
| Poorer | 18.7 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 19.1 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 19.6 | na | 17.0 | 18.0 | 13.7 | 18.8 | na |
| Middle | 20.8 | 18.7 | 20.2 | 17.6 | 19.3 | 16.3 | 18.6 | 20.1 | 21.2 | na | 20.9 | 20.2 | 17.7 | 18.4 | na |
| Richer | 14.8 | 23.7 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 22.1 | 19.8 | 22.2 | 22.5 | 21.2 | na | 19.1 | 20.4 | 22.9 | 20.8 | na |
| Richest | 30.6 | 29.2 | 23.6 | 25.4 | 25.1 | 33.4 | 27.9 | 23.2 | 25.7 | na | 29.4 | 23.4 | 31.6 | 26.4 | na |
| Education | |||||||||||||||
| None | 59.9 | 8.2 | 32.9 | 39.3 | 14.2 | 43.2 | 4.9 | 14.6 | 10.5 | 60.2 | 63.9 | 16.3 | 38.5 | 10.9 | 4.7 |
| Primary/incomplete | 11.1 | 20.1 | 22.4 | 31.6 | 11.1 | 17.7 | 34.4 | 41.8 | 52.5 | 13.4 | 17.1 | 58.4 | 26.6 | 19.7 | 28.6 |
| Primary/complete | 8.5 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 22.9 | 13.8 | 9.0 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 58.0 | 21.3 |
| Secondary/incomplete | 14.4 | 45.9 | 32.7 | 15.6 | 52.4 | 31.5 | 11.4 | 20.4 | 25.7 | 17.6 | 13.1 | 8.9 | 25.9 | 8.3 | 28.7 |
| Secondary/complete | 6.1 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 6.2 | 16.5 | 6.4 | 26.4 | 9.4 | 2.3 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 16.7 |
| Employment | |||||||||||||||
| Unemployed | 23.5 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 37.6 | 29.4 | 13.7 | 31.8 | 37.2 | 20.1 | 5.1 | 18.9 |
| In school | 8.9 | 24.1 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 19.5 | 25.9 | 21.1 | 22.9 | 16.6 | 12.2 | 6.2 | 12.0 | 17.0 | 13.4 | 15.9 |
| Agricultural | 44.0 | 27.5 | 35.5 | 70.8 | 34.8 | 35.0 | 29.0 | 20.8 | 26.9 | 41.0 | 24.7 | 30.9 | 14.5 | 52.6 | 34.6 |
| Sales | 7.1 | na | 7.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 8.1 | na | 7.8 | 9.9 | 11.3 | na | 10.3 | 12.9 | na |
| Skilled manual | na | na | na | 2.8 | 18.3 | 15.2 | na | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 5.2 | 28.4 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
| Professional, technical, managerial | na | na | 7.8 | 2.1 | 7.1 | na | 6.3 | na | na | 8.5 | na | na | 6.5 | na | na |
| Unskilled manual | na | 14.8 | 13.5 | na | na | na | 15.2 | na | na | na | na | 7.6 | na | na | na |
| Services | na | 8.6 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 5.6 | na | na | na | 11.0 |
| Other | 16.4 | 16.5 | 7.1 | 2.9 | 6.2 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 3.2 | 6.7 | 10.0 |
| Residence | |||||||||||||||
| Urban | 27.8 | 59.8 | 47.8 | 16.0 | 46.5 | 44.0 | 25.6 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 37.2 | 28.0 | 17.9 | 58.7 | 31.1 | 41.5 |
| Rural | 72.2 | 40.2 | 52.2 | 84.0 | 53.5 | 56.0 | 74.4 | 77.7 | 78.1 | 62.8 | 72.0 | 82.1 | 41.3 | 68.9 | 58.5 |
| Travel pattern | |||||||||||||||
| No trips | 60.5 | na | 51.3 | 71.3 | 42.4 | 52.5 | 51.9 | 61.3 | 65.0 | na | 45.8 | 75.6 | na | na | 47.7 |
| 1–5 trips, <1 month | 16.8 | na | 22.6 | 18.4 | 28.1 | 23.9 | 22.2 | 15.3 | 18.6 | na | 16.4 | 14.5 | na | na | 28.4 |
| 1–5 trips, >1 month | 14.3 | na | 14.3 | 5.2 | 14.4 | 15.2 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 9.0 | na | 31.0 | 6.6 | na | na | 14.8 |
| 6+ trips, <1 month | 5.5 | na | 7.4 | 4.1 | 10.0 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | na | 3.5 | 2.1 | na | na | 6.9 |
| 6+ trips, >1 month | 2.9 | na | 4.4 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 2.5 | na | 3.2 | 1.2 | na | na | 2.3 |
| Household position | |||||||||||||||
| Living alone | 3.4 | 10.7 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 16.8 | 2.8 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| Head of 2-person household | 4.6 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Head of 3+ person household | 35.3 | 31.3 | 30.3 | 45.9 | 34.4 | 30.1 | 34.9 | 24.0 | 51.7 | 42.0 | 43.9 | 45.8 | 14.3 | 41.0 | 47.1 |
| Son/grandson of household | 41.3 | 27.9 | 26.3 | 38.0 | 32.8 | 42.4 | 38.6 | 52.7 | 23.3 | 30.3 | 39.4 | 34.0 | 45.4 | 32.7 | 25.9 |
| Other | 15.4 | 23.8 | 31.5 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 21.2 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 17.3 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 36.7 | 17.8 | 20.6 |
na = Not available.