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Sixty-nine percent of boys and 50 of girls age 7-12 attend primary school Table 2.13. The net
attendance ratio drops in secondary school: only 50 of boys and 25 of girls age 13-18 attend secondary school.
Patterns by background characteristics
Urban children are considerably more likely than rural children to attend both primary and
secondary school Table 2.13.
There are large differences in secondary school attendance by province. Attendance ranges from
16 for boys in Urozgan and 2 for girls in Paktika to 76 for boys and 51 for girls in Panjsher
Table 2.13.
Children in the highest wealth quintile are more likely than those in the lowest quintile to attend
primary school 76 versus 57 Table 2.13.
The net attendance ratio for secondary school increases with increasing wealth among both girls and
boys, from 16 in the lowest quintile to 44 in the highest quintile for girls and from 38 in the
lowest quintile to 64 in the highest quintile for boys Figure 2.8.
Other Measures of School Attendance
The survey also collected data on two other indicators. The gross
attendance ratio GAR, which measures participation at each level
of schooling among all persons age 5-24, is 78 at the primary school
level and 49 at the secondary school level. This indicates that
children outside the official school age population for a given level are
attending school. The gender parity index GPI,
which is the ratio of female to male attendance rates, is 0.7 for primary school and 0.5 for secondary school. That is, there are about two girls
per three boys in primary school and one girl per two boys in secondary school. For complete information
on these indicators, see Table 2.13.
2.9.3 Reasons for Not Attending School
The survey included questions on why children had never attended school and why those who had attended school but were not attending at the time of the survey had stopped attending. Among de facto household
members age 5-24 who had never attended school, the most common reason given was that their parents simply did not send them to school 48 of females and 19 of males. Distance to school was also a
common reason. The need to work or earn money was more often cited as a reason for boys never
attending school than for girls Table 2.14. Table 2.15 shows the percent distribution of the de facto population age 5-24 who dropped out of school
by reasons for dropping out, according to sex and place of residence. The main reasons for males dropping out of school are the need to work 44 and the need to help at home 15. Among females, 30
dropped out because their parents did not send them to school, while 19 dropped out because they got married.
Figure 2.8 Secondary school attendance by wealth
16 17
17 29
44 25
38 46
44 55
64 50
Lowest Second
Middle Fourth
Highest Total
Girls Boys
Wealthiest Poorest
Net attendance ratio for secondary school among children age 13-18
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For more information on household population and housing characteristics, see the following tables:
Table 2.1 Household drinking water
Table 2.2 Household sanitation facilities
Table 2.3 Household characteristics
Table 2.4 Household possessions
Table 2.5 Wealth quintiles
Table 2.6 Hand washing
Table 2.7 Household population by age, sex, and residence
Table 2.8 Household composition
Table 2.9 Birth registration of children under age 5
Table 2.10 Children’s living arrangements and orphanhood
Table 2.11 School attendance by survivorship of parents
Table 2.12.1 Educational attainment of the female household population
Table 2.12.2 Educational attainment of the male household population
Table 2.13 School attendance ratios
Table 2.14 Reasons for children never attending school
Table 2.15 Reasons for children dropping out of school
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Table 2.1 Household drinking water Percent distribution of households and de jure population by source of drinking water, time to obtain drinking water, and
treatment of drinking water, according to residence, Afghanistan 2015 Households
Population Characteristic
Urban Rural
Total Urban
Rural Total
Source of drinking water Improved source
86.3 58.0
65.3 86.4
59.9 66.4
Piped into dwellingyardplot 21.0
2.4 7.2
19.4 2.5
6.6 Public tapstandpipe
10.6 15.4
14.2 11.0
16.7 15.3
Tube well or borehole 28.8
17.1 20.1
29.9 17.1
20.3 Protected dug well
23.9 16.7
18.5 24.1
17.2 18.9
Protected spring 1.4
5.8 4.7
1.4 5.9
4.8 Rain water
0.0 0.5
0.4 0.0
0.5 0.4
Bottled water 0.6
0.0 0.2
0.6 0.0
0.2
Non-improved source 11.9
40.3 33.0
11.9 38.6
32.1 Unprotected dug well
4.4 13.5
11.1 4.3
13.2 11.0
Unprotected spring 1.4
11.2 8.6
1.1 10.5
8.2 Tanker truckcart with drum
5.2 6.2
5.9 5.7
5.8 5.8
Surface water 0.9
9.5 7.3
0.9 9.1
7.0
Other source 1.7
1.7 1.7
1.6 1.4
1.5 Total
100.0 100.0
100.0 100.0
100.0 100.0
Time to obtain drinking water round trip
Water on premises 76.7
34.5 45.3
77.4 36.5
46.6 Less than 30 minutes
17.3 47.8
39.9 16.3
46.4 39.0
30 minutes or longer 4.6
16.6 13.5
4.9 16.1
13.3 Don’t know
