E O Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015

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 14.4 13.5 18.7 53.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 46.7 195 Ghor 42.2 2.7 6.9 48.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 51.8 322 Daykundi 21.6 11.8 12.7 54.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 46.0 77 Urozgan 13.6 1.3 3.4 81.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 18.3 92 Kandahar 18.8 2.2 14.0 64.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 35.1 874 Jawzjan 46.7 4.5 10.8 37.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 62.1 218 Faryab 34.3 6.9 13.9 44.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 55.1 706 Helmand 33.9 2.1 18.3 44.9 0.0 0.0 0.8 100.0 54.3 355 Badghis 15.8 3.1 9.4 71.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 28.3 231 Herat 18.9 10.9 16.0 53.9 0.0 0.3 0.0 100.0 45.8 863 Farah 18.5 14.2 17.6 49.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 50.3 295 Nimroz 16.2 12.5 13.8 57.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 42.4 93 Wealth quintile Lowest 20.8 5.3 10.9 62.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 37.1 2,029 Second 21.4 6.7 13.1 58.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 100.0 41.2 2,233 Middle 24.7 5.7 11.6 57.5 0.0 0.1 0.4 100.0 42.0 2,160 Fourth 34.7 6.5 13.7 44.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 55.0 2,260 Highest 53.3 6.2 11.6 28.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 100.0 71.0 2,078 Total 30.9 6.1 12.2 50.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 100.0 49.3 10,760 1 Refers to men who attended secondary school or higher and men 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. 44 • Characteristics of Respondents Table 3.4.1 Exposure to mass media: Women Percentage of ever-married women age 15-49 who are exposed to specific media on a weekly basis, by