T Afghanistan - Demographic and Health Survey 2015

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 background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Background characteristic Reads a newspaper at least once a week Watches television at least once a week Listens to radio at least once a week Accesses all three media at least once a week Accesses none of the three media at least once a week Number of women Age 15-19 4.3 36.7 23.5 1.5 47.9 1,825 20-24 3.5 37.6 27.0 1.1 46.4 6,089 25-29 2.7 38.8 25.3 1.2 46.2 6,299 30-34 1.4 40.3 23.1 0.4 47.2 4,302 35-39 2.7 41.8 21.4 1.5 47.5 4,463 40-44 1.7 38.5 23.2 0.9 47.6 3,113 45-49 1.4 40.2 21.3 0.9 48.5 3,369 Residence Urban 7.6 71.1 26.3 3.2 20.7 6,870 Rural 1.0 29.6 23.2 0.4 55.1 22,591 Province 1 Kabul 9.2 70.4 27.1 4.0 21.2 3,658 Kapisa 6.5 41.6 47.0 4.2 37.9 205 Parwan 1.8 20.5 36.0 0.2 50.9 625 Wardak 0.0 16.9 10.1 0.0 76.1 382 Logar 5.9 15.1 52.1 1.6 41.9 472 Nangarhar 2.3 31.2 18.6 1.0 59.0 794 Laghman 1.4 14.2 36.5 0.4 59.9 583 Panjsher 4.8 52.3 10.4 0.6 42.9 54 Baghlan 3.8 51.3 11.1 1.2 43.0 839 Bamyan 1.8 38.6 10.8 0.6 56.0 303 Ghazni 1.8 31.8 34.1 0.5 48.1 1,328 Paktika 0.0 7.2 40.4 0.0 55.5 792 Paktya 0.1 20.6 60.4 0.1 37.4 542 Khost 0.2 33.6 55.6 0.1 38.8 851 Kunarha 1.5 6.1 13.7 0.7 83.2 559 Nooristan 0.6 0.1 2.0 0.0 97.9 222 Badakhshan 1.0 12.8 5.5 0.8 85.7 1,004 Takhar 0.5 22.3 19.7 0.2 70.4 1,105 Kunduz 1.9 49.1 23.9 1.2 46.0 1,232 Samangan 1.3 20.3 6.8 0.8 77.4 330 Balkh 2.1 53.2 7.2 0.7 44.0 1,781 Sar-E-Pul 1.2 26.6 2.1 0.4 72.5 654 Ghor 0.5 39.3 16.5 0.3 55.9 715 Daykundi 0.3 11.9 1.2 0.2 87.2 329 Urozgan 0.0 5.7 20.8 0.0 77.4 230 Kandahar 0.8 16.2 55.8 0.2 40.0 2,227 Jawzjan 5.1 54.0 22.8 3.3 42.5 614 Faryab 2.5 76.8 5.9 1.3 20.9 2,114 Helmand 0.8 23.2 40.8 0.4 46.7 875 Badghis 0.3 6.8 2.4 0.2 92.1 650 Herat 1.9 55.6 12.5 0.7 37.7 2,316 Farah 0.2 38.6 28.9 0.1 46.6 777 Nimroz 1.4 57.3 1.1 0.0 42.3 278 Education No education 0.2 33.2 24.1 0.0 51.8 24,604 Primary 3.8 64.7 20.5 1.9 28.0 2,330 Secondary 18.4 70.2 22.0 6.3 21.7 1,971 More than secondary 43.4 89.1 40.4 24.9 6.1 556 Wealth quintile Lowest 0.3 22.1 10.9 0.1 71.0 5,904 Second 0.5 24.1 22.3 0.2 59.5 6,001 Middle 0.7 26.4 27.2 0.3 53.3 5,888 Fourth 1.9 48.2 30.7 0.6 34.8 6,010 Highest 9.6 77.0 28.8 4.3 15.4 5,657 Total 2.5 39.2 24.0 1.1 47.1 29,461 1 Estimates for Zabul are not presented separately due to sample coverage issues; however, they are included in the total national estimates. Characteristics of Respondents • 45 Table 3.4.2 Exposure to mass media: Men Percentage of ever-married men age 15-49 who are exposed to specific media on a weekly basis, by background characteristics, Afghanistan 2015 Background characteristic Reads a newspaper at least once a week Watches television at least once a week Listens to the radio at least once a week Accesses all three media at least once a week Accesses none of the three media at least once a week Number of men Age 15-19 13.3 44.4 50.8 6.2 30.3 142 20-24 12.6 39.7 45.5 6.6 37.0 1,162 25-29 13.3 46.3 43.6 5.9 33.3 2,422 30-34 10.7 43.6 43.6 6.0 35.2 2,008 35-39 17.3 51.1 42.1 8.9 31.9 1,935 40-44 11.2 45.9 47.6 6.3 32.7 1,402 45-49 12.8 46.0 43.4 7.7 34.9 1,688 Residence Urban 26.2 79.5 56.9 16.4 11.0 2,479 Rural 9.2 35.7 40.3 4.0 40.8 8,281 Province 1 Kabul 30.6