Afghanistan Mortality Survey 2010 - Measure DHS

Table 2.13 Educational attainmentPercent distribution of women age 12-49 by highest level of schooling attended or completed, according to background characteristics,Afghanistan 2010BackgroundcharacteristicNoeducationMadrassaHighest level of schoolingSomeprimaryCompletedprimarySomesecondaryCompletedsecondaryMore thansecondaryTotalNumber ofwomenAge12-14 58.5 1.3 23.9 4.7 11.0 0.5 0.0 100.0 8,38215-19 64.2 1.4 10.9 3.2 17.7 1.9 0.8 100.0 11,49620-24 80.5 1.4 6.0 1.7 5.4 2.5 2.5 100.0 7,95225-29 86.0 1.4 5.3 1.1 3.0 1.7 1.6 100.0 5,90130-34 88.2 1.2 4.4 0.9 2.6 1.4 1.4 100.0 4,18935-39 89.1 0.8 4.3 0.9 2.0 1.4 1.5 100.0 4,10940-44 90.9 0.7 2.9 0.8 2.3 1.2 1.2 100.0 3,19845-49 93.6 1.0 2.0 0.7 1.2 0.5 0.9 100.0 2,620ResidenceUrban 50.0 0.6 15.7 4.2 20.8 4.4 4.4 100.0 9,696Rural 82.9 1.4 7.9 1.8 4.9 0.8 0.4 100.0 38,152ZoneNorth 75.0 0.6 9.9 2.4 9.7 1.4 1.2 100.0 14,214Central 66.7 0.8 13.4 3.2 12.0 2.1 1.9 100.0 17,034South 87.2 2.2 5.2 1.2 2.7 1.0 0.5 100.0 16,599RegionNorth Eastern 74.4 0.3 8.7 3.3 10.4 1.8 1.1 100.0 6,776Northern 75.4 0.9 10.9 1.6 9.0 1.0 1.2 100.0 7,438Western 75.3 1.3 11.3 2.7 7.4 1.2 0.8 100.0 5,990Central Highland 63.0 2.2 25.4 3.5 5.6 0.1 0.1 100.0 1,647Capital 61.8 0.2 12.6 3.4 16.0 3.1 2.8 100.0 9,397Eastern 86.4 3.3 4.8 1.4 2.8 0.8 0.5 100.0 8,389Southern 77.5 2.1 9.7 1.8 5.3 2.6 1.0 100.0 3,504South Eastern 95.6 0.3 2.8 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 100.0 4,706Wealth quintileLowest 81.4 0.9 10.0 2.0 4.9 0.6 0.2 100.0 8,918Second 80.7 1.2 9.7 2.1 5.1 0.8 0.5 100.0 9,687Middle 83.6 1.1 7.1 1.5 5.7 0.6 0.3 100.0 9,442Fourth 81.4 2.0 7.6 1.8 5.6 1.1 0.5 100.0 9,920Highest 55.0 0.9 13.0 3.7 18.7 4.4 4.3 100.0 9,881Remoteness quintileMost remote 79.6 1.3 10.4 1.7 5.9 0.7 0.4 100.0 11,875Second 79.3 1.3 8.5 2.4 6.5 1.2 0.8 100.0 13,689Middle 78.9 0.7 8.2 2.1 7.7 1.5 1.1 100.0 9,539Fourth 74.0 1.7 8.7 2.2 9.8 2.0 1.6 100.0 7,939Least remote 57.8 1.0 14.3 3.7 16.0 3.6 3.7 100.0 4,806Total 76.2 1.2 9.5 2.2 8.1 1.5 1.2 100.0 47,848Not surprisingly there is a strong correlation between household wealth and education. Theproportion of women with no education is lowest among women in the highest wealth quintile (55percent) and ranges between 81 and 84 percent among women in the other four wealth quintiles. Also ofnote is the proportion of women with some secondary or higher education which ranges from a high of 27percent among women in the wealthiest households to a low of 6-7 percent among women in the otherfour wealth quintiles.Education is also strongly correlated with remoteness. Education is highest among women whoare in the least remote quintile. For example, 58 percent of women in the least remote quintile have noeducation, compared with 74-80 percent of women in the other four remoteness quintiles. With theexception of women who have madrassa or some primary education, the percent of women with all otherlevels of education rises from most remote to least remote.Household Population, Household and Women’s Characteristics | 35