Table 1 Baseline characteristics of women ages 15–49a, Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey 2015
Variable | Category | N | Wt% (95% CI)b |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | |||
Area of residence | Urban | 4731 | 23.3 (20.6–26.2) |
Rural | 15,006 | 76.8 (73.8–79.4) | |
Mother’s age (years) | 15–19 | 862 | 4.4 (4.0–4.8) |
20–24 | 4825 | 25.3 (24.2–26.4) | |
25–29 | 5701 | 28.6 (27.6–29.5) | |
30–34 | 3632 | 17.7 (16.7–18.7) | |
35–39 | 2856 | 15.1 (14.0–16.3) | |
40–44 | 1288 | 5.8 (5.2–6.6) | |
45–49 | 573 | 3.2 (2.8–3.7) | |
Marital status | Married | 19,525 | 99.1 (98.9–99.3) |
Widowed | 168 | 0.7 (0.6–1.0) | |
Divorced/separated | 44 | 0.02 (0.1–0.2) | |
Mother’s highest education level | None | 16,787 | 82.9 (80.9–84.7) |
Primary | 1401 | 8.1 (7.3–9.0) | |
Secondary | 1246 | 7.3 (6.2–8.6) | |
Higher | 303 | 1.7 (1.3–2.1) | |
Husband’s highest education level (N = 19,485) | None | 11,011 | 57.6 (55.3–59.8) |
Primary | 2713 | 14.8 (13.7–15.8) | |
Secondary | 4381 | 21.3 (19.8–22.8) | |
Higher | 1380 | 6.4 (5.7–7.3) | |
Mother’s employment status (N = 19,673) | Unemployed | 17,649 | 88.9 (86.7–90.8) |
Employed | 2024 | 11.1 (9.2–13.3) | |
Husband’s type of employment (N = 19,675) | Non-manual | 13,373 | 65.3 (63.3–67.2) |
Skilled manual | 2889 | 16.7 (14.5–19.0) | |
Unskilled manual | 3413 | 18.1 (16.7–19.5) | |
Pashtun | 8482 | 40.0 (36.0–44.1) | |
Ethnicity (N = 19,702) | Tajik | 5820 | 32.3 (29.0–35.9) |
Hazara | 1717 | 9.1 (6.8–12.1) | |
Uzbek | 1344 | 11.2 (7.3–16.9) | |
Other | 2339 | 7.4 (6.0–9.1) | |
Combined wealth index | Poorest | 3721 | 19.9 (18.0–22.0) |
Poorer | 4485 | 20.2 (18.7–21.8) | |
Middle | 4365 | 20.5 (18.5–22.6) | |
Richer | 4268 | 20.7 (18.6–22.9) | |
Richest | 2898 | 18.8 (16.6–21.2) | |
Reproductive characteristics | |||
Sufficient antenatal TTCV (N = 18,782) | No | 9187 | 45.9 (42.6–49.1) |
Yes | 9595 | 54.1 (50.9–57.4) | |
Number living children | None | 116 | 5.5 (4.2–7.1) |
1–2 | 6374 | 33.6 (32.3–34.9) | |
3–4 | 5966 | 30.2 (29.1–31.2) | |
5–6 | 4108 | 20.4 (19.4–21.4) | |
7–8 | 2204 | 10.8 (10.1–11.6) | |
9+ | 969 | 4.6 (4.1–5.0) | |
Variable | Category | N | Wt% (95% CI)b |
Birth order | 1 | 2940 | 15.2 (14.3–16.2) |
2 | 3096 | 16.7 (15.7–17.9) | |
3 | 2930 | 15.1 (14.4–15.8) | |
4 | 2649 | 13.3 (12.5–14.2) | |
5+ | 8122 | 40.0 (38.5–40.9) | |
Number ANC visits (N = 19,297) | None | 8506 | 38.8 (35.6–42.1) |
1 | 2136 | 12.2 (11.2–13.3) | |
2 | 3246 | 18.0 (16.6–19.6) | |
3 | 2213 | 12.7 (11.2–14.4) | |
4+ | 3196 | 18.2 (16.8–19.7) | |
Wanted last child (N = 19,716) | Wanted child then | 17,776 | 89.0 (87.9–90.0) |
Wanted child later | 1110 | 6.0 (5.4–6.7) | |
Did not want | 830 | 5.0 (4.3–5.9) | |
Distance to health facility (N = 19,690) | Big problem | 13,527 | 68.1 (66.0–70.3) |
Not a big problem | 6163 | 31.9 (29.8–34.0) | |
Getting permission to seek medical care (N = 19,688) | Big problem | 11,499 | 51.3 (48.2–54.4) |
Not a big problem | 8189 | 48.7 (45.6–51.8) | |