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• 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
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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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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