Table 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by gender in urban and rural settings for an adult (≥ 18 years old) population of Burkina Faso (n = 4822) (WHS 2003).
| Socioeconomic variables (%) | Urban | Rural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| Age | n = 1031 | n = 898 | n = 1519 | n = 1374 |
| 18-24 | 30.6 | 23.4 | 26.7 | 20.7 |
| 25-34 | 29.7 | 28.8 | 30.5 | 28.6 |
| 35-44 | 19.3 | 23.3 | 18.7 | 19.6 |
| 45-54 | 10.3 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
| 55-64 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 8.9 |
| 65 and older | 4.4 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 10.5 |
| Marital status | n = 1031 | n = 897 | n = 1518 | n = 1374 |
| Widowed | 11.0 | 1.1 | 8.4 | 2.2 |
| Separated/divorced | 13.6 | 31.3 | 2.8 | 15.5 |
| Single | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
| Married | 72.8 | 65.7 | 87.4 | 80.5 |
| Education | n = 1031 | n = 898 | n = 1519 | n = 1374 |
| No formal education | 59.3 | 46.0 | 95.3 | 87.8 |
| Some formal education | 40.7 | 54.0 | 4.7 | 12.2 |
| Occupation | n = 1031 | n = 898 | n = 1519 | n = 1374 |
| Unemployed | 11.7 | 11.9 | 6.8 | 11.0 |
| Homemaker | 41.7 | 0.3 | 60.4 | 1.2 |
| Agriculture or Fishery | 7.4 | 18.0 | 23.8 | 77.5 |
| Manual worker | 28.1 | 45.8 | 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Non-manual worker | 11.1 | 23.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| Annual household income | n = 1021 | n = 887 | n = 1507 | n = 1357 |
| < PL/2 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 38.0 | 33.9 |
| ≥ PL/2-< PL | 26.9 | 25.1 | 36.1 | 33.2 |
| ≥ PL-< 2 × PL | 35.3 | 33.8 | 20.4 | 23.1 |
| ≥ 2 × PL | 26.6 | 29.8 | 5.4 | 9.9 |
PL corresponds to the poverty line for Burkina Faso in 2003, which was 82,672 Franc CFA/year [17] (< PL/2): poorest, with annual income less than one-half of the poverty line; (≥ PL/2, < PL): below the poverty line but above the poorest; (≥ PL < 2 × PL): above, but less than double, the poverty line; (≥ 2 × PL): more than double the poverty line.