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Housing Characteristics and Household Population • 19 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 1 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. 20 • 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