Table 5.

Distribution of healthy housing by background characteristics (absolute number of households and percentage)

Country (survey year)	Place of residence		Sex of household head		Age of household head
Rural	Urban	Female	Male	0–17 years	18–35 years	36–59 years		60 + years
Burkina Faso (2010)	5780 (67%)	2804 (33%)	946 (11%)	7638 (89%)	31 (0%)	2966 (35%)	3962 (46%)	1623 (19%)
Cameroon (2011)	3420 (38%)	5636 (62%)	2409 (27%)	6646 (73%)	42 (0%)	3240 (36%)	4215 (47%)	1552 (17%)
Democratic Republic of Congo (2013–2014)	5604 (61%)	3656 (39%)	2205 (24%)	7055 (76%)	24 (0%)	3116 (34%)	4546 (49%)	1574 (17%)
Ethiopia (2016)	8498 (81%)	2000 (19%)	2575 (25%)	7922 (75%)	38 (0%)	3539 (34%)	4366 (42%)	2545 (24%)
Ghana (2014)	3774 (42%)	5226 (58%)	3124 (35%)	5876 (65%)	15 (0%)	3228 (36%)	4145 (46%)	1612 (18%)
Kenya (2014)	11,461 (48%)	12,498 (52%)	7270 (30%)	16,689 (70%)	52 (0%)	10,578 (44%)	10,040 (42%)	3282 (14%)
Malawi (2015–2016)	9205 (75%)	3059 (25%)	3368 (27%)	8895 (73%)	37 (0%)	4386 (36%)	5541 (45%)	2262 (19%)
Mali (2012–2013)	4155 (74%)	1483 (26%)	518 (9%)	5120 (91%)	8 (0%)	1671 (30%)	2698 (48%)	1240 (22%)
Namibia (2013)	2326 (40%)	3480 (60%)	2436 (42%)	3370 (58%)	14 (0%)	1843 (32%)	2871 (49%)	1074 (19%)
Nigeria (2018)	13,095 (46%)	15,332 (54%)	5636 (20%)	22,791 (80%)	50 (0%)	8989 (32%)	13,715 (48%)	5664 (20%)
Senegal (2017)	2782 (42%)	3921 (58%)	2212 (33%)	4491 (67%)	2 (0%)	985 (15%)	3542 (53%)	2169 (32%)
South Africa (2016)	2689 (29%)	6739 (71%)	3973 (42%)	5456 (58%)	31 (0%)	2439 (26%)	4567 (49%)	2330 (25%)
Tanzania (2015–2016)	4038 (57%)	3036 (43%)	1614 (23%)	5460 (77%)	9 (0%)	2299 (32%)	3529 (50%)	1238 (17%)
Uganda (2016)	7735 (67%)	3770 (33%)	3544 (31%)	7961 (69%)	59 (1%)	4850 (42%)	4856 (42%)	1700 (15%)
Zambia (2013–2014)	4751 (48%)	5058 (52%)	2381 (24%)	7428 (76%)	5 (0%)	3492 (36%)	4776 (49%)	1533 (16%)