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Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

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Table 3.1 Background characteristics of respondentsPercent distribution of women 15-49 <strong>and</strong> men 15-59 by background characteristics, <strong>Zambia</strong> <strong>2001</strong>-<strong>2002</strong>–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––WomenMen––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Background Weighted Weighted Unweighted Weighted Weighted Unweightedcharacteristic percent number number percent number number––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 23.7 1,811 1,806 21.4 459 47520-24 21.7 1,664 1,648 16.1 346 34625-29 18.0 1,376 1,361 16.8 361 35330-34 12.7 972 972 13.1 281 27735-39 10.0 766 778 11.2 241 24440-44 7.9 601 606 8.1 174 17045-49 6.1 467 487 5.3 113 11350-54 na na na 4.6 100 9455-59 na na na 3.3 71 73Marital statusNever married 24.8 1,897 1,851 36.4 782 787Married 60.5 4,636 4,675 57.8 1,240 1,239Living together 0.8 58 56 0.4 8 10Divorced/separated 9.3 709 724 4.4 94 89Widowed 4.7 358 352 1.0 21 20ResidenceUrban 40.1 3,073 2,551 39.7 851 689Rural 59.9 4,585 5,107 60.3 1,294 1,456ProvinceCentral 7.3 562 891 7.7 165 276Copperbelt 20.2 1,544 939 20.8 447 266Eastern 12.1 926 894 12.5 268 256Luapula 8.1 622 626 7.7 166 181Lusaka 14.8 1,132 896 14.6 314 239Northern 13.6 1,040 1,171 13.6 292 327North-Western 4.6 354 881 4.3 93 238Southern 10.6 814 707 10.8 232 205Western 8.7 663 653 7.9 169 157EducationNo education 12.1 925 1,002 5.0 108 116Primary 58.0 4,439 4,534 51.3 1,100 1,161Secondary 26.9 2,061 1,916 37.7 808 754Higher 3.1 234 206 6.0 129 114ReligionCatholic 22.9 1,755 1,735 24.3 522 510Protestant 75.1 5,750 5,748 72.0 1,545 1,551Muslim 0.3 20 17 0.5 10 8Other 1.5 116 143 2.9 63 70Ethnic groupBemba 36.0 2,754 2,553 35.2 755 709Tonga 14.9 1,138 1,088 15.0 321 316North-Western 10.7 820 1,243 11.2 240 352Baroste 7.8 601 587 7.7 166 154Nyanja 16.6 1,268 1,163 16.5 354 325Mambwe 6.0 461 446 6.3 136 127Tumbuka 5.4 411 361 5.5 118 106Other 2.7 205 216 2.5 54 55Total 100 7,658 7,658 100.0 2,145 2,145–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Note: Education categories refer to the highest level of education attended, whether or not that level was completed.Readers should note that the table includes information on both the weighted <strong>and</strong> unweighted numbers.Weighting was necessary because the sample was not allocated by province according to the actual distribution ofthe population; instead the sample was allocated in such a fashion as to provide a sufficient number of respondentsfor each province to allow provincial estimates to be calculated for most survey variables. It also is important tonote that some subgroups shown include comparatively small numbers of respondents. In subsequent tabulations,figures will be not be shown for a subgroup if the unweighted number of cases for the subgroup falls below 25.na = Not applicable26 │ Characteristics of Respondents

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