Table 2 The sociodemographic characteristics of married Afghan women aged 18–49 years, ADHS 2015 (N = 20,593)
Variables | na (%) |
|---|---|
Age groups (years) | |
 18–24 | 4703 (22.84) |
 25–29 | 4605 (22.36) |
 30–34 | 3468 (16.84) |
 35–39 | 3436 (16.69) |
 ≥ 40 | 4381 (21.27) |
Education | |
 Illiterate | 17,551 (85.23) |
 Literate | 3042 (14.77) |
Employment | |
 Employed | 2522 (12.25) |
 Unemployed | 18,071 (87.75) |
Parity | |
 1 | 1893 (9.91) |
 2–4 | 7233 (37.85) |
 > 5 | 9985 (52.25) |
Husband’s age (year) | |
 18–24 | 1794 (8.75) |
 25–34 | 7275 (35.49) |
 35–44 | 6276 (30.61) |
 > 45 | 5156 (25.15) |
Husband education | |
 Illiterate | 11,754 (57.64) |
 Literate | 8639 (42.36) |
Wealth index | |
 Poor | 8706 (42.28) |
 Middle | 4411 (21.42) |
 Rich | 7476 (36.30) |
Place of living | |
 Urban | 5107 (24.80) |
 Rural | 15,486 (75.20) |
Ethnicity | |
 Pashtun | 8062 (39.21) |
 Tajik | 6726 (32.71) |
 Hazara | 2149 (10.45) |
 Uzbek | 1568 (7.63) |
 Turkmen | 482 (2.34) |
 Nuristani | 632 (3.07) |
 Baloch | 268 (1.30) |
 Pashai | 343 (1.67) |
 Other | 330 (1.61) |