Sex Gender equity indicators percent percent percent
a. Sex
Both sexes 34.3 53.6 28.7 7.5 Male 49.1 68.2 44.4 13.4 Female 19.0 39.1 12.5 1.1b. Gender equity indicators
Absolute difference 30.1 29.2 32.0 12.3 Gender parity index 0.39 0.57 0.28 0.08 Nationally, only 19 percent of women 15 years and over is able to read and write, compared to 49 percent for men. The corresponding figure for rural women is a low 12 percent. As shown in Table 9.5, these figures result in poor gender equity indicators, with large absolute differences between male and female literacy and low female-to-male literacy ratios gender parity indices. Although the absolute gender differences between urban and rural populations are of similar magnitude close to 30 percentage points, the performance in terms of the ratio indicator is twice as high in urban areas 0.56 as in rural areas 0.28, indicating the disadvantaged position of rural women. The maps of Figures 9.9a and 9.9b below allow a comparison of literacy rates by province and sex. The regional distribution shows relatively high literacy rates in eastern Afghanistan for men and extremely low literacy rates for women in the southern – mostly Pashtun – belt. Of the altogether 9.7 million illiterate people 15 years and over in Afghanistan, 5.9 million or 61 percent are women and 3.8 million or 39 percent are men. The absolute gap of 2.1 million could be interpreted as the number of women who should be made literate to achieve at least equality between the sexes. The youth literacy rate – the rate calculated for the sub-population aged 15-24 – is one of the MDG indicators to measure progress towards achieving universal primary education MDG goal 2. It reflects the outcomes of primary education over roughly the previous 10 years. As a measure of the effectiveness of the primary education system, it is often seen as a proxy measure of social progress and economic achievement. Table 9.6 again indicates large differences in youth literacy rates by residence and sex, and especially the difficulty to service the Kuchi and the female rural population. The overall youth literacy rate of 52 percent would imply that Afghanistan is one of the countries with the lowest literacy in the world. ANDS Indicator 3.c MDG Indicator 2.3 Literacy rates of 15-24 year olds Male66.3 percent
Female36.7 percent
Both sexes51.7 percent
153 Figure 9.9: Adult literacy rate, by province, for a males and b females in percentages a: Males b: Females 154 Table 9.6: Youth literacy rate, by residence, and by sex in percentages; Gender equity indicators, by residence Sex and gender NationalParts
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» Introduction Stakeholder involvement ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Questionnaire design ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Pilot training and pilot survey Training and selection of field staff
» Sampling design ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Field operations ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Analysis ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Comparability of results ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Data limitations Reporting ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Sex ratio Population structure
» Household structure Household composition
» Marital status distribution Marriage patterns
» The marriage age gap Polygamy
» Afghanistan’s migration context
» Internal recent migrants The stock of internal recent migrants
» Immigrants and immigration International migration
» The migration balance ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Origins and destinations of returnees
» Living conditions of returnees
» Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Labour force participation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Overview of employment, underemployment and unemployment
» Comparison over time percent
» Characteristics of the employed and underemployed
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» Characteristics of labour migrants
» Migrants’ labour market performance
» Prevalence of child labour and their conditions of work
» Causes and consequences of child labour
» Household chores and child labour
» Irrigated land Farming and horticulture
» Rain-fed land Farming and horticulture
» Farming input Farming and horticulture
» Horticulture Farming and horticulture
» Sale of animals and animal products Livestock production factors
» Introduction Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Measuring poverty trends using survey to survey imputation Growth and distribution
» Demographic characteristics Household head characteristics
» Characteristics of children in the household
» Conclusion ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Distribution by residence Distribution by region and province
» Characterisation by asset ownership Characterisation by demographics
» Harvest and lean season’s differences
» Sources of food items by main income source Sources of food items by season
» Coping with shocks ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Educational attendance in residence and gender perspective
» Developments in educational attendance
» Transitions in the education career
» School-life expectancy Population not attending education
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» Literacy ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Sex Gender equity indicators percent percent percent
» Developments in literacy levels
» Sex Introduction ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Access to health services and care-seeking behaviour
» Maternal health ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
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» Head of household In the ALCS 2013-
» Educational attainment The gender education gap
» Women in the labour force percent
» Decision making ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Seclusion ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Women and development ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Tenancy and dwelling characteristics
» Other household amenities percent
» percent CSO staff ICON Steering Committee
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» Relationship to head of household Marital status 1 = Married
» Introduction Sample frame Sample size Stratification
» Cluster size and number of clusters Sampling stages and selection process
» Sample design implementation ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
» Resident population Calculation of sampling weights and post-stratification
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» Model development ALCS 2013 14 Main Report English 20151222
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