M Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015

42 • Characteristics of Respondents Table 3.3.1 Literacy: Women Percent distribution of ever-married women age 15-49 by level of schooling attended and level of literacy, and percentage literate, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 No schooling or primary school Background characteristic Secon- dary school or higher Can read a whole sentence Can read part of a sentence Cannot read at all No card with required language Blind visually impaired Missing Total Percent- age literate 1 Number of women Age 15-24 16.2 3.2 6.2 74.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 100.0 25.5 7,915 15-19 17.2 3.6 6.8 72.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 27.6 1,825 20-24 15.9 3.0 6.0 74.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 100.0 24.9 6,089 25-29 8.3 1.8 5.3 84.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 100.0 15.5 6,299 30-34 5.2 1.5 3.6 89.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 10.3 4,302 35-39 5.6 1.3 3.1 89.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 10.0 4,463 40-44 4.2 1.0 3.0 91.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 8.2 3,113 45-49 3.4 0.8 2.0 93.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 6.2 3,369 Residence Urban 19.7 5.0 7.3 67.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 32.1 6,870 Rural 5.2 0.9 3.4 90.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 9.5 22,591 Province 2 Kabul 20.1 5.8 7.2 66.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 33.2 3,658 Kapisa 12.0 2.1 6.0 79.5 0.0 0.0 0.4 100.0 20.1 205 Parwan 7.8 0.4 4.0 87.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 100.0 12.2 625 Wardak 1.5 2.2 3.3 92.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 7.0 382 Logar 15.4 0.1 9.6 74.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 100.0 25.0 472 Nangarhar 6.6 1.5 3.1 88.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 100.0 11.2 794 Laghman 2.8 0.2 4.0 92.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 100.0 7.1 583 Panjsher 10.7 1.3 9.2 78.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 100.0 21.1 54 Baghlan 7.5 1.5 4.8 86.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 13.8 839 Bamyan 6.8 2.7 4.6 85.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 100.0 14.2 303 Ghazni 4.6 2.1 4.6 88.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 11.3 1,328 Paktika 0.8 0.3 1.3 97.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 100.0 2.3 792 Paktya 1.1 0.1 1.8 96.7 0.0 0.0 0.4 100.0 3.0 542 Khost 0.9 0.2 0.6 98.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 1.7 851 Kunarha 3.7 0.3 4.5 91.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 100.0 8.4 559 Nooristan 1.2 0.5 1.4 96.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 3.1 222 Badakhshan 13.0 1.2 5.3 80.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 19.4 1,004 Takhar 9.1 1.0 4.4 85.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 14.5 1,105 Kunduz 4.8 1.0 3.9 89.7 0.0 0.0 0.6 100.0 9.7 1,232 Samangan 6.5 1.0 3.6 88.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 11.0 330 Balkh 11.2 2.5 4.0 82.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 17.7 1,781 Sar-E-Pul 7.0 4.0 5.9 83.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 17.0 654 Ghor 6.7 0.2 2.7 90.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 9.5 715 Daykundi 13.0 1.4 3.8 81.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 18.1 329 Urozgan 1.5 0.2 0.0 98.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 1.8 230 Kandahar 1.9 1.0 3.7 93.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 6.6 2,227 Jawzjan 12.6 0.9 6.6 79.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 20.1 614 Faryab 15.5 0.3 3.0 81.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 18.9 2,114 Helmand 3.3 0.2 1.7 94.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 5.3 875 Badghis 1.3 0.5 2.4 95.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 4.2 650 Herat 8.3 2.3 6.0 83.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 16.5 2,316 Farah 2.8 3.2 2.2 91.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 8.2 777 Nimroz 9.0 5.0 6.6 79.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 20.6 278 Wealth quintile Lowest 3.5 0.7 3.4 92.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 7.5 5,904 Second 3.5 0.7 2.9 92.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 7.0 6,001 Middle 3.9 0.8 2.8 92.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 7.6 5,888 Fourth 8.7 1.5 5.0 84.6 0.1 0.0 0.2 100.0 15.2 6,010 Highest 24.0 5.8 7.7 62.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 37.5 5,657 Total 8.6 1.8 4.3 85.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 14.8 29,461 1 Refers to women who attended secondary school or higher and women who can read a whole sentence or part of a sentence 2 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. Characteristics of Respondents • 43 Table 3.3.2 Literacy: Men Percent distribution of ever-married men age 15-49 by level of schooling attended and level of literacy, and percentage literate, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 No schooling or primary school Background characteristic Secon- dary school or higher Can read a whole sentence Can read part of a sentence Cannot read at all No card with required language Blind visually impaired Missing Total Percent- age literate 1 Number of men Age 15-24 41.4 5.6 9.7 43.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 56.7 1,305 15-19 49.4 9.3 10.0 31.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 68.6 142 20-24 40.5 5.1 9.7 44.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 55.2 1,162 25-29 36.9 5.8 9.9 47.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 100.0 52.5 2,422 30-34 29.1 5.7 15.5 49.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 100.0 50.3 2,008 35-39 31.1 6.8 11.3 50.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 100.0 49.2 1,935 40-44 22.0 6.2 14.1 57.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 42.3 1,402 45-49 23.6 6.5 13.3 56.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 100.0 43.4 1,688 Residence Urban 45.7 6.7 12.5 35.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 64.9 2,479 Rural 26.5 5.9 12.2 55.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 44.6 8,281 Province 2 Kabul 48.3 7.1 10.3 34.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 65.7 1,350 Kapisa 46.6 1.5 14.6 37.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 62.8 63 Parwan 44.5 2.6 9.6 42.9 0.0 0.0 0.4 100.0 56.7 220 Wardak 38.9 11.0 8.5 41.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 100.0 58.4 171 Logar 49.8 1.5 9.4 39.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 60.7 204 Nangarhar 44.0 2.4 14.2 38.5 0.2 0.0 0.7 100.0 60.6 273 Laghman 29.4 1.1 17.3 51.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 100.0 47.8 227 Panjsher 57.9 1.4 6.9 33.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 100.0 66.2 18 Baghlan 39.9 4.4 14.6 41.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 58.8 281 Bamyan 21.7 18.5 18.0 41.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 100.0 58.2 94 Ghazni 22.2 9.1 11.8 54.6 0.2 0.0 2.1 100.0 43.1 619 Paktika 34.8 1.5 14.5 48.9 0.0 0.0 0.3 100.0 50.8 322 Paktya 29.9 5.1 10.7 54.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 45.7 206 Khost 31.4 9.3 4.1 55.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 44.8 334 Kunarha 38.7 0.6 10.6 50.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 49.9 151 Nooristan 24.8 8.1 22.0 44.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 54.9 66 Badakhshan 26.0 4.4 13.7 56.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 44.0 316 Takhar 18.7 7.1 7.8 66.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 33.6 296 Kunduz 28.2 2.9 8.6 60.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 39.8 479 Samangan 19.6 5.1 8.2 67.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 33.0 125 Balkh 27.1 6.9 10.8 55.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 44.9 616 Sar-E-Pul