NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western RegionsTable MT.1: Exposure to mass mediaPercentage of women aged 15–49 years who are exposed to specific mass media on a weekly basis, MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionRead anewspaper atleast once aweekPercent who:Listen to theradio at leastonce a weekWatch televisionat least once aweekAll three mediaat least once aweek [1]No media atleast once aweekNo. of womenaged 15–49yearsMid-Western 9.8 55.6 30.7 6.7 35.2 4,036Far Western 5.9 41.4 26.8 3.5 47.0 3,336SubregionAreaAgeMid-Western Mountains 1.0 19.1 6.5 0.4 78.2 408Mid-Western Hills 9.2 63.8 20.5 5.4 30.3 1,998Mid-Western Terai 12.7 54.7 49.2 9.9 30.6 1,630Far Western Mountains 3.1 42.6 4.9 1.0 56.0 508Far Western Hills 3.9 40.5 10.8 1.5 55.0 961Far Western Terai 7.8 41.6 41.0 5.3 40.5 1,867Urban 22.3 58.4 71.3 18.1 17.9 848Rural 6.2 48.0 23.4 3.6 43.5 6,52415–19 years 15.5 59.5 32.9 9.6 31.1 1,51120–24 years 11.2 52.0 33.1 7.9 37.6 1,38725–29 years 7.6 48.4 26.7 4.5 41.7 1,23530–34 years 4.8 43.7 25.9 3.0 44.4 99435–39 years 4.4 45.9 29.0 3.7 43.3 86140–44 years 2.1 41.7 25.9 1.4 48.6 80245–49 years 1.1 41.5 22.4 0.6 48.4 582EducationNone 0.5 37.6 16.9 0.1 54.4 4,042Primary 3.6 51.7 30.2 1.5 35.5 1,036Secondary + 23.3 68.4 49.5 16.0 18.5 2,291Wealth index quintilePoorest 0.7 24.0 0.7 0.2 75.6 1,230Second 2.1 48.3 4.3 0.4 50.4 1,412Middle 3.8 51.1 12.2 0.7 43.7 1,519Fourth 7.9 53.6 36.9 4.8 32.7 1,594Richest 22.9 63.0 79.5 18.0 10.2 1,618Total 8.0 49.2 28.9 5.3 40.6 7,3724 cases with missing ‘education’ not shown[1] MICS Indicator MT.1Use of information/communication technologyQuestions on computer and internet use were asked only of women aged 15–24 years. Table MT.2shows that nine percent of women aged 15–24 years had ever used a computer, six percent hadused a computer during the year preceding the survey, and three percent had used a computer atleast once a week during the month preceding the survey. Use of a computer during the 12 monthspreceding the survey was higher for young women in the Mid-Western Region (seven percent) thanfor those in the Far Western Region (four percent). The highest percentage was in the Mid-WesternTerai (11 percent) and lowest was in the Far Western Mountains (one percent). There was littlevariation by age. Urban young women (18 percent) were more likely than rural young women (fourpercent) to have used a computer during the last year. Young women with at least a secondary180