Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents in the 12th district of Kandahar city, 2019 (n = 450).
| Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
| Age groups | |
| 15–20 | 20 (4.4) |
| 21–30 | 282 (62.7) |
| 31–40 | 116 (25.8) |
| 41–50 | 27 (6.0) |
| 51–60 | 5 (1.1) |
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| Gender | |
| Male | 439 (97.6) |
| Female | 11 (2.4) |
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| Marital status | |
| Single | 160 (35.6) |
| Married | 290 (64.4) |
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| Educational level | |
| No formal education | 120 (26.7) |
| Religious (madrasa) | 82 (18.2) |
| Primary | 18 (4.0) |
| Secondary | 144 (32.0) |
| Higher education | 86 (19.1) |
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| Occupation | |
| Government | 96 (21.3) |
| Private | 117 (26.0) |
| Self-employed | 229 (50.9) |
| Unemployed | 8 (1.8) |
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| Language spoken | |
| Pashtu | 362 (80.4) |
| Dari | 88 (19.6) |
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| Members of household | |
| 1–10 | 76 (16.9) |
| 11–20 | 362 (80.4) |
| 21–30 | 12 (2.7) |
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| Household monthly income (in Afghanis) | |
| 5000–10000 | 356 (79.1) |
| >10000 | 94 (20.9) |