B C Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015
Housing Characteristics and Household Population •
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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
23.3 12.2
7.1 12.6
100.0 5,630
0.22 Bamyan
68.7 15.4
8.6 6.3
1.1 100.0
2,370 0.15
Ghazni 10.9
30.3 24.6
31.5 2.7
100.0 7,265
0.24 Paktika
4.4 37.7
33.0 21.9
2.9 100.0
4,789 0.28
Paktya 3.7
26.5 42.2
23.8 3.9
100.0 3,566
0.19 Khost
4.2 17.8
24.4 41.9
11.7 100.0
5,478 0.19
Kunarha 9.4
27.4 34.7
22.8 5.7
100.0 4,560
0.16 Nooristan
6.5 42.6
30.6 20.1
0.2 100.0
1,257 0.27
Badakhshan 54.3
26.2 13.3
3.8 2.4
100.0 6,329
0.16 Takhar
33.3 28.8
17.8 12.3
7.8 100.0
7,664 0.22
Kunduz 25.1
31.5 17.2
14.9 11.3
100.0 8,583
0.24 Samangan
55.1 10.7
18.8 10.2
5.2 100.0
2,230 0.24
Balkh 29.3
18.6 11.6
16.0 24.5
100.0 12,078
0.33 Sar-E-Pul
46.2 21.9
21.6 7.9
2.4 100.0
4,291 0.16
Ghor 75.8
13.3 6.2
3.2 1.4
100.0 4,747
0.24 Daykundi
65.4 27.9
5.6 1.0
0.1 100.0
2,383 0.21
Urozgan 3.3
40.0 39.3
15.7 1.7
100.0 1,512
0.14 Kandahar
0.5 9.5
32.1 22.5
35.5 100.0
15,910 0.30
Jawzjan 20.1
26.5 14.6
24.1 14.7
100.0 4,738
0.24 Faryab
20.0 16.6
22.2 27.0
14.1 100.0
13,614 0.12
Helmand 4.1
33.7 28.9
18.0 15.3
100.0 6,171
0.25 Badghis
53.5 24.1
18.0 2.8
1.6 100.0
4,136 0.33
Herat 26.2
20.2 16.6
16.5 20.4
100.0 13,116
0.30 Farah
28.7 36.1
12.7 15.3
7.1 100.0
4,190 0.34
Nimroz 3.9
8.1 10.7
38.3 39.1
100.0 1,773
0.17 Total
20.0 20.0
20.0 20.0
20.0 100.0
196,048 0.14
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Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates.
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• Housing Characteristics and Household Population
Table 2.6 Hand washing Percentage of households in which the place most often used for washing hands was observed, and among households in which the place for hand
washing was observed, percent distribution by availability of water, soap, and other cleansing agents, Afghanistan 2015
Background characteristic
Percent- age of
house- holds
where place for
washing hands was
observed Number of
house- holds
Among households where place for hand washing was observed, percentage with: Number of
house- holds with
place for hand
washing observed
Soap and water
1
Water and cleansing
agent
2
other than soap only Water only
Soap but no water
3
Cleansing agent other
than soap only
2
No water, no soap,
no other cleansing
agent Missing
Total
Residence
Urban 85.5
6,269 64.9
1.1 20.3
4.4 0.1
9.0 0.3
100.0 5,361
Rural 72.1
18,126 23.9
1.9 31.4
5.5 1.4
35.5 0.3
100.0 13,065
Province
4
Kabul 86.5
3,369 72.9
1.4 16.7
5.0 0.1
3.6 0.3
100.0 2,913
Kapisa 97.0
179 58.1
1.0 23.6
6.7 0.1
10.5 0.0
100.0 173
Parwan 94.5
601 36.0
4.2 13.6
12.4 2.7
31.1 0.0
100.0 568
Wardak 82.1
351 27.9
3.2 38.1
9.7 0.5
20.4 0.1
100.0 289
Logar 72.4
398 60.1
7.4 5.3
4.3 0.9
21.6 0.4
100.0 288
Nangarhar 60.0
625 56.8
0.9 21.0
6.4 0.0
14.9 0.0
100.0 375
Laghman 77.3
446 26.2
0.6 8.8
3.6 0.8
59.9 0.0
100.0 345
Panjsher 96.7
54 65.5
0.4 2.0
27.5 0.0
3.9 0.7
100.0 52
Baghlan 75.5
776 13.6
1.0 30.5
1.6 0.6
51.9 0.7
100.0 586
Bamyan 98.8
300 17.2
0.6 21.4
7.2 0.8
52.1 0.5
100.0 296
Ghazni 41.0
864 25.9
3.3 40.3
0.8 2.6
26.9 0.3
100.0 354
Paktika 64.7
514 30.8
3.0 30.4
1.1 0.3
34.3 0.2
100.0 333
Paktya 83.4
353 59.9
4.1 14.1
4.8 2.7
14.2 0.2
100.0 294
Khost 49.9
457 35.8
9.8 54.3
0.0 0.0
0.1 0.0
100.0 228
Kunarha 70.2
507 23.1
8.1 16.4
2.4 5.6
44.3 0.1
100.0 356
Nooristan 52.2
127 15.8
1.4 25.0
22.2 5.7
29.9 0.0
100.0 66
Badakhshan 94.1
849 24.8
1.1 20.8
0.1 0.2
53.1 0.0
100.0 799
Takhar 78.1
1,027 16.1
0.4 53.2
0.3 0.2
29.4 0.6
100.0 803
Kunduz 97.6
1,070 12.6
1.6 12.4
18.2 4.2
50.5 0.5
100.0 1,044
Samangan 79.0
316 26.0
12.7 41.7
0.1 0.4
18.5 0.7
100.0 250
Balkh 98.2
1,510 40.6
1.8 23.2
5.8 2.1
26.5 0.0
100.0 1,482
Sar-E-Pul 88.6