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Table 2.3 Household characteristics Percent distribution of households by housing characteristics, percentage
using solid fuel for cooking, and percent distribution by frequency of smoking in the home, according to residence, Afghanistan 2015
Residence Housing characteristic
Urban Rural
Total
Electricity
Yes 92.5
64.2 71.5
No 7.5
35.8 28.5
Total 100.0
100.0 100.0
Flooring material
Earthsand 3.7
2.2 2.6
Dung 0.2
0.1 0.1
Mud and hay 4.5
3.2 3.6
Wood planks 0.4
0.1 0.2
Parquet or polished wood 0.1
0.1 0.1
Ceramic tiles 1.8
0.1 0.5
Cement 15.4
1.2 4.8
Rugsmat 23.9
26.6 25.9
Carpet 48.0
58.6 55.9
Other 2.0
7.7 6.2
Total 100.0
100.0 100.0
Rooms used for sleeping
One 20.0
15.2 16.4
Two 33.3
34.0 33.8
Three or more 44.0
49.6 48.2
Missing 2.6
1.2 1.6
Total 100.0
100.0 100.0
Place for cooking
In the house 62.9
52.7 55.3
In a separate building 22.8
25.8 25.0
Outdoors 12.2
19.2 17.4
No food cooked in household 0.2
0.0 0.1
Other 1.9
2.2 2.1
Missing 0.0
0.1 0.1
Total 100.0
100.0 100.0
Cooking fuel
Electricity 0.4
0.1 0.2
LPGnatural gasbiogas 83.1
15.1 32.6
Coallignite 0.1
0.6 0.5
Charcoal 0.3
0.9 0.7
Wood 9.3
28.0 23.2
Strawshrubsgrass 2.7
21.8 16.9
Agricultural crop 0.9
8.0 6.2
Animal dung 2.8
24.8 19.2
Other fuel 0.1
0.5 0.4
No food cooked in household 0.2
0.0 0.1
Missing 0.1
0.1 0.1
Total 100.0
100.0 100.0
Percentage using solid fuel for cooking
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16.0 84.2
66.7
Frequency of smoking in the home
Daily 19.3
19.2 19.2
Weekly 2.3
2.7 2.6
Monthly 0.5
0.6 0.6
Less than monthly 0.4
0.5 0.4
Never 77.5
76.9 77.1
Missing 0.0
0.1 0.1
Total 100.0
100.0 100.0
Number 6,269
18,126 24,395
LPG = Liquefied petroleum gas
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Includes coallignite, charcoal, wood, strawshrubsgrass, agricultural crops, and animal dung
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Table 2.4 Household possessions Percentage of households possessing various household effects,
means of transportation, agricultural land, and livestockfarm animals by residence, Afghanistan 2015
Residence Possession
Urban Rural
Total
Household effects
Radio 45.1
48.1 47.3
Television 84.2
39.1 50.7
Mobile telephone 93.5
85.1 87.3
Non-mobile telephone 6.0
0.7 2.1
Refrigerator 50.7
8.4 19.2
Table 20.4
6.7 10.2
Chair 17.6
5.5 8.6
Sofa 9.2
2.0 3.9
Bed 30.9
15.6 19.5
Cupboard 54.5
29.1 35.6
Stand fan 58.4
18.2 28.5
Generator 19.0
8.8 11.4
Sewing machine 62.3
58.8 59.7
Computer 28.4
5.3 11.3
Means of transport
Bicycle 40.3
26.4 30.0
Animal-drawn cart 1.3
7.4 5.8
Rickshaw 2.6
4.1 3.7
Motorcyclescooter 25.4
38.7 35.2
Cartrucktractor 16.4
13.2 14.0
Ownership of agricultural land 18.9
64.4 52.7
Ownership of farm animals
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20.4 78.2
63.4 Number
6,269 18,126
24,395
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Cattle, cows, bulls, horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, camels, ducks, or chickens
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Table 2.5 Wealth quintiles Percent distribution of the de jure population by wealth quintiles, and the Gini coefficient, according to residence and
province, Afghanistan 2015 Residenceprovince
Wealth quintile Number of
persons Gini
coefficient Lowest
Second Middle
Fourth Highest
Total
Residence
Urban 3.3
2.4 3.5
18.3 72.5
100.0 48,246
0.09 Rural
25.5 25.7
25.4 20.6
2.9 100.0
147,802 0.20
Province
1
Kabul 0.3
1.7 6.3
24.3 67.4
100.0 25,119
0.15 Kapisa
7.2 40.4
28.6 21.3
2.4 100.0
1,413 0.11
Parwan 13.3
26.1 36.1
17.7 6.7
100.0 4,557
0.26 Wardak
36.3 16.8
26.0 20.7
0.2 100.0
2,597 0.22
Logar 2.8
29.0 33.1
31.6 3.6
100.0 3,360
0.24 Nangarhar
1.1 10.8
22.9 39.0
26.3 100.0
5,896 0.23
Laghman 2.5
26.8 38.4
29.0 3.3
100.0 4,138
0.24 Panjsher
37.2 35.2
18.0 9.2
0.4 100.0
429 0.32
Baghlan 44.8