B E Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015

40 • Characteristics of Respondents Table 3.2.1 Educational attainment: Women Percent distribution of ever-married women age 15-49 by highest level of schooling attended or completed, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Highest level of schooling Background characteristic No edu- cation Some primary Com- pleted primary 1 Some secon- dary Com- pleted secon- dary 2 More than secon- dary Total Number of women Age 15-24 71.4 8.7 3.7 8.7 4.9 2.6 100.0 7,915 15-19 67.6 11.2 4.1 12.7 3.4 1.2 100.0 1,825 20-24 72.6 7.9 3.6 7.5 5.3 3.0 100.0 6,089 25-29 83.0 6.8 1.9 3.5 3.0 1.9 100.0 6,299 30-34 88.4 4.8 1.6 2.4 1.5 1.2 100.0 4,302 35-39 90.3 3.1 1.0 2.4 1.1 2.1 100.0 4,463 40-44 90.9 4.1 0.8 1.6 1.0 1.6 100.0 3,113 45-49 90.9 5.0 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.0 100.0 3,369 Residence Urban 66.9 10.1 3.3 8.0 6.0 5.7 100.0 6,870 Rural 88.6 4.7 1.6 2.9 1.6 0.7 100.0 22,591 Province 3 Kabul 65.7 10.4 3.8 8.1 6.5 5.5 100.0 3,658 Kapisa 77.2 6.8 4.0 5.3 4.0 2.7 100.0 205 Parwan 86.0 4.6 1.6 3.0 2.3 2.5 100.0 625 Wardak 94.5 3.1 0.8 1.3 0.2 0.0 100.0 382 Logar 72.4 8.4 3.8 8.5 5.2 1.7 100.0 472 Nangarhar 84.6 6.4 2.4 3.6 1.7 1.3 100.0 794 Laghman 92.2 4.2 0.7 1.5 0.8 0.5 100.0 583 Panjsher 82.4 5.3 1.7 4.3 5.2 1.2 100.0 54 Baghlan 85.3 4.0 3.3 4.3 1.9 1.3 100.0 839 Bamyan 84.5 6.0 2.6 4.9 0.9 1.0 100.0 303 Ghazni 89.4 4.3 1.7 3.0 0.9 0.7 100.0 1,328 Paktika 98.7 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 100.0 792 Paktya 96.6 2.0 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.1 100.0 542 Khost 98.5 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 100.0 851 Kunarha 89.8 3.9 2.6 2.1 1.1 0.5 100.0 559 Nooristan 96.4 1.8 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.0 100.0 222 Badakhshan 76.3 7.2 3.5 8.0 3.2 1.8 100.0 1,004 Takhar 84.9 4.4 1.6 5.2 1.5 2.4 100.0 1,105 Kunduz 90.2 4.4 0.6 2.2 1.2 1.5 100.0 1,232 Samangan 88.2 3.7 1.7 3.8 1.1 1.5 100.0 330 Balkh 77.4 9.5 2.0 4.8 4.4 1.9 100.0 1,781 Sar-E-Pul 80.6 7.0 5.4 4.2 1.5 1.2 100.0 654 Ghor 89.0 1.5 2.9 3.8 2.1 0.7 100.0 715 Daykundi 82.3 2.9 1.8 8.7 2.8 1.5 100.0 329 Urozgan 98.2 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.0 100.0 230 Kandahar 95.5 1.9 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.3 100.0 2,227 Jawzjan 72.6 12.0 2.7 3.2 5.9 3.5 100.0 614 Faryab 72.1 10.4 2.0 6.0 6.1 3.5 100.0 2,114 Helmand 94.5 1.1 1.0 2.2 0.6 0.5 100.0 875 Badghis 93.3 3.9 1.5 0.9 0.3 0.1 100.0 650 Herat 82.4 8.3 1.0 4.4 1.6 2.3 100.0 2,316 Farah 91.9 4.4 0.9 1.4 1.0 0.3 100.0 777 Nimroz 77.5 11.9 1.5 6.0 2.1 0.9 100.0 278 Wealth quintile Lowest 90.6 4.2 1.7 2.5 0.8 0.3 100.0 5,904 Second 91.0 4.5 1.0 2.4 0.8 0.3 100.0 6,001 Middle 90.8 4.1 1.2 2.2 1.3 0.4 100.0 5,888 Fourth 81.6 7.4 2.2 4.6 2.6 1.5 100.0 6,010 Highest 62.7 9.6 3.7 9.0 7.8 7.2 100.0 5,657 Total 83.5 6.0 2.0 4.1 2.6 1.9 100.0 29,461 1 Completed grade 6 at the primary level 2 Completed grade 12 at the secondary level 3 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. Characteristics of Respondents • 41 Table 3.2.2 Educational attainment: Men Percent distribution of ever-married men age 15-49 by highest level of schooling attended or completed, and median years completed, according to background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Highest level of schooling Background characteristic No edu- cation Some primary Com- pleted primary 1 Some secon- dary Com- pleted secon- dary 2 More than secon- dary Total Median years com- pleted Number of men Age 15-24 42.8 10.8 5.0 19.1 14.6 7.8 100.0 4.3 1,305 15-19 28.9 11.6 10.2 33.6 12.5 3.3 100.0 5.9 142 20-24 44.5 10.7 4.3 17.3 14.8 8.3 100.0 4.0 1,162 25-29 44.4 11.7 7.0 15.5 13.2 8.2 100.0 2.6 2,422 30-34 49.2 15.9 5.8 13.4 10.0 5.7 100.0 1.3 2,008 35-39 50.8 13.0 5.1 12.6 12.3 6.3 100.0 0.0 1,935 40-44 59.1 13.2 5.7 9.5 6.8 5.7 100.0 0.0 1,402 45-49 60.0 11.1 5.3 11.5 7.3 4.8 100.0 0.0 1,688 Residence Urban 31.3 16.3 6.7 16.9 15.8 13.0 100.0 5.4 2,479 Rural 56.4 11.6 5.5 12.6 9.4 4.5 100.0 0.0 8,281 Province 3 Kabul 28.4 16.4 6.9 18.3 18.4 11.6 100.0 5.8 1,350 Kapisa 26.7 18.0 8.6 20.0 13.7 12.8 100.0 5.6 63 Parwan 38.3 13.9 3.3 22.1 12.0 10.4 100.0 4.2 220 Wardak 49.4 5.7 6.0 15.0 13.5 10.4 100.0 1.7 171 Logar 35.6 11.7 2.9 22.0 20.2 7.6 100.0 5.9 204 Nangarhar 38.5 11.4 6.2 17.8 12.3 13.8 100.0 5.0 273 Laghman 51.6 13.4 5.7 13.1 9.1 7.2 100.0 0.0 227 Panjsher 32.2 6.5 3.5 17.1 27.6 13.2 100.0 8.1 18 Baghlan 43.4 8.2 8.5 16.1 17.6 6.1 100.0 4.1 281 Bamyan 60.7 14.4 3.1 10.2 3.3 8.2 100.0 0.0 94 Ghazni 58.9 10.9 8.0 12.7 5.4 4.2 100.0 0.0 619 Paktika 59.2 2.5 3.6 13.4 16.6 4.8 100.0 0.0 322 Paktya 52.7 11.0 6.4 14.4 9.5 6.0 100.0 0.0 206 Khost 57.2 2.5 9.0 9.8 15.5 6.1 100.0 0.0 334 Kunarha 44.7 9.8 6.7 13.6 10.3 14.9 100.0 3.3 151 Nooristan 66.6 5.2 3.4 15.4 7.7 1.7 100.0 0.0 66 Badakhshan 54.9 16.0 3.1 10.3 8.7 7.0 100.0 0.0 316 Takhar 58.9 19.2 3.2 7.5 4.8 6.4 100.0 0.0 296 Kunduz 56.3 13.6 1.8 13.8 9.5 4.9 100.0 0.0 479 Samangan 69.0 4.5 6.9 8.8 5.9 4.9 100.0 0.0 125 Balkh 50.2 16.4 6.2 14.7 7.0 5.4 100.0 0.0 616 Sar-E-Pul 54.8 21.3 9.4 7.4 3.0 4.1 100.0 0.0 195 Ghor 49.8 3.7 4.2 13.8 20.9 7.6 100.0 2.1 322 Daykundi 63.1 13.8 1.5 10.8 7.8 2.9 100.0 0.0 77 Urozgan 81.4 3.8 1.3 7.4 5.1 1.1 100.0 0.0 92 Kandahar 69.0 8.4 3.8 9.8 5.6 3.5 100.0 0.0 874 Jawzjan 32.3 16.8 4.1 11.9 21.7 13.2 100.0 5.2 218 Faryab 33.7 20.2 11.8 16.1 15.0 3.2 100.0 4.3 706 Helmand 44.7 12.2 9.2 21.7 8.5 3.7 100.0 3.6 355 Badghis 77.1 5.9 1.2 11.2 3.2 1.4 100.0 0.0 231 Herat 63.5 14.1 3.5 9.2 4.2 5.4 100.0 0.0 863 Farah 58.2 16.1 7.3 7.2 8.8 2.4 100.0 0.0 295 Nimroz 61.4 19.0 3.4 8.5 5.3 2.4 100.0 0.0 93 Wealth quintile Lowest 64.3 10.5 4.4 10.3 7.8 2.6 100.0 0.0 2,029 Second 60.0 12.7 5.9 11.8 6.7 3.0 100.0 0.0 2,233 Middle 58.3 11.0 6.0 12.1 8.7 3.9 100.0 0.0 2,160 Fourth 44.3 15.0 6.0 15.1 12.3 7.2 100.0 2.9 2,260 Highest 26.1 14.1 6.5 18.6 19.0 15.7 100.0 6.8 2,078 Total 50.6 12.7 5.8 13.6 10.9 6.5 100.0 0.0 10,760 1 Completed grade 6 at the primary level 2 Completed grade 12 at the secondary level 3 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. 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