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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: Etude Popul Afr. 2011 Dec 1;25(2):440–456. doi: 10.11564/25-2-240

Table II. Change in headship types over period for extant households in 2000.

Headship type in 2005
Prime-aged head Older man head 65+ Older woman head 60+ Dissolved Total
Prime-aged head 2000 75%
(7188)		 4%*
(345)		 4%*
(401)		 17%
(1618)		 9552
Older man head 2000 13%
(103)		 61%
(500)		 14%
(113)		 12%
(102)		 818
Older woman head 2000 14%
(166)		 1%
(7)		 70%
(812)		 15%
(169)		 1154
Total 7457 852 1326 1889 11524
*

Of those households where the head was prime-aged in 2000 and an older man in 2005, 71% were headed in 2000 by a man aged 60-64, 29% are households where the head changed between 2000 and 2005.

*

Of those households where the head was prime-aged in 2000 and an older woman in 2005, 47% were headed in 2000 by a woman aged 55-59, 53% are households where the head changed between 2000 and 2005.