Table 1. Selected characteristics of adult participants (15–59 years old) by residence and drought status, Lesotho 2016–2017.
| Urban | Rural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No drought Weighted % (n) N = 315 |
Drought Weighted % (n) N = 4,771 |
No drought Weighted % (n) N = 520 |
Drought Weighted % (n) N = 7,281 |
Total Weighted % (n) N = 12,887 |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 47.2% (125) | 48.3% (1,894) | 50.4% (219) | 51.5% (3,123) | 50.1% (5,361) |
| Female | 52.8% (190) | 51.7% (2,877) | 49.7% (301) | 48.5% (4,158) | 49.9% (7,526) |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 15–24 | 34.9% (115) | 31.0% (1,520) | 41.2% (214) | 35.9% (2,571) | 34.1% (4,420) |
| 25–34 | 28.9% (82) | 34.5% (1,594) | 24.3% (118) | 26.8% (1,854) | 29.8% (3,648) |
| 35–44 | 20.4% (64) | 20.4% (934) | 18.0% (94) | 18.0% (1,302) | 19.0% (2,394) |
| 45–59 | 15.8% (54) | 14.0% (723) | 16.5% (94) | 19.4% (1,554) | 17.1% (2,425) |
| Household is impoverisheda | 16.1% (46) | 9.4% (491) | 25.2% (140) | 55.3% (4,246) | 35.2% (4,923) |
| Household is food insecureb | 19.3% (58) | 19.6% (949) | 26.4% (146) | 39.6% (2,964) | 30.8% (4,117) |
| Lived outside Lesotho in past year | 4.8% (17) | 5.3% (244) | 4.7% (24) | 6.8% (477) | 6.1% (762) |
| Currently or ever married | 60.6% (190) | 60.6% (2,898) | 55.1% (299) | 61.7% (4,680) | 60.8% (8,067) |
| Secondary or higher educationc | 76.2% (243) | 70.0% (3,330) | 57.8% (294) | 44.0% (3,131) | 55.4% (6,998) |
Percentages are survey weighted using Jackknife replicate weights. Note that totals might not add to 100%, because of rounding.
a Defined as living in the lowest two wealth quintiles.
b Defined as no food to eat in the household in the past 4 weeks because of lack of resources to get food.
c Educational attainment is based on attendance and does not require completion.