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CONTENTS
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Tables and Figures ............................................................. vii
Foreword ....................................................................xiii
Acknowledgments.............................................................. xv
Summary of Findings .......................................................... xvii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................. 1
1.1 History, Geography, and Economy ...................................... 1
1.2 Population ......................................................... 1
1.3 Health and Family Planning ........................................... 2
1.4 Objectives and Organization of the Survey ................................ 3
CHAPTER 2 HOUSEHOLD POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS........ 5
2.1 Demographic Characteristics of Households ............................... 5
2.2 Household Composition .............................................. 7
2.3 Household Education ................................................ 8
2.4 Housing Characteristics .............................................. 12
2.5 Household Possessions .............................................. 13
2.6 Bednets .......................................................... 14
2.7 Health Facilities.................................................... 14
CHAPTER 3 RESPONDENT’S CHARACTERISTICS AND STATUS ................... 17
3.1 Background Characteristics of Respondents .............................. 17
3.2 Educational Attainment by Background Characteristics ..................... 19
3.3 Literacy .......................................................... 21
3.4 Exposure to Mass Media ............................................. 21
3.5 Employment ...................................................... 24
3.6 Occupation ....................................................... 27
3.7 Employer and Form of Earnings ....................................... 29
3.8 Decision on Use of Earnings .......................................... 30
3.9 Women’s Attitude toward Wife Beating.................................. 31
3.10 Female Circumcision ................................................ 33
CHAPTER 4 FERTILITY ................................................... 37
4.1 Current Fertility.................................................... 37
4.2 Fertility Differentials ................................................ 39
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