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Characteristics of Households
Table 3.1 provides basic background information on the households, with both weighted and
unweighted numbers. Within households, the sex of the household head, region, residence,
number of household members, and education of household head are shown. These
background characteristics are used in subsequent tables in this report; the figures in the table
are also intended to show the numbers of observations by major categories of analysis in the
report, and provide important details to the interpretation of the data by respondents’
characteristics. The remaining tables in this report are presented only with weighted numbers.
See Appendix A for more details about the weighting.
The weighted and unweighted numbers of households are equal, since sample weights were
normalized (See Appendix A). The table also shows the proportions of households with at least
one child under 18, at least one child under five, and at least one eligible woman aged 15-49.
The table also shows the weighted average household size estimated by the survey.
Table 3.1: Household composition
Percent and frequency distribution of households by selected characteristics, Afghanistan, 2010-2011
Sex of household head
Weighted
percent
Number of households
Weighted Unweighted
Male 99.1 13,003 12,977
Female 0.9 113 139
Region
Central 16.5 2,159 2,626
Central Highlands 3.3 432 1,164
East 11.6 1,520 1,571
North 14.6 1,913 1,922
North East 15.9 2,091 1,811
South 12.1 1,584 1,309
South East 9.6 1,263 1,280
West 16.4 2,155 1,433
Residence
Urban 18.5 2,427 3,545
Rural 81.5 10,689 9,571
Number of household members
1 0.2 20 23
2 2.8 373 343
3 4.6 599 567
4 8.1 1,064 1,040
5 10.5 1,375 1,416
6 12.7 1,667 1,716
7 12.7 1,668 1,668
8 12.7 1,664 1,703
9 10.4 1,360 1,339
10+ 25.4 3,326 3,301
Education of household head
None 68.0 8,922 8,460
Primary 11.4 1,498 1,567
Secondary + 20.5 2,689 3,078
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