Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population, Somaliland, 2020
Variables | Category | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age group (years) | <= 20 | 256 | 7.0 |
20–29 | 1316 | 36.0 | |
30–39 | 1343 | 36.7 | |
40–49 | 741 | 20.3 | |
Residence | Nomadic | 1301 | 35.6 |
Rural | 1180 | 32.1 | |
Urban | 1175 | 32.2 | |
Region | Sanaag | 848 | 23.2 |
Sool | 738 | 20.2 | |
Togdheer | 667 | 18.2 | |
Sahil | 467 | 12.8 | |
Awdal | 474 | 13.0 | |
Marodijeh | 462 | 12.6 | |
Educational attainment | No formal education | 3040 | 83.2 |
Primary education | 451 | 12.3 | |
Secondary education | 110 | 3.0 | |
Tertiary education | 55 | 1.5 | |
Marital status | Married and in union | 3233 | 88.4 |
Divorced | 263 | 7.2 | |
Widowed | 160 | 4.4 | |
Wealth quintile | Lowest | 1230 | 33.6 |
Second | 584 | 16.0 | |
Middle | 431 | 11.8 | |
Fourth | 606 | 16.6 | |
Highest | 805 | 22.0 | |
Listen to radio | At least once a week | 146 | 4.0 |
Less than once a week | 45 | 1.2 | |
Not at all | 3465 | 94.8 | |
Watching Television | At least once a week | 416 | 11.4 |
Less than once a week | 100 | 2.7 | |
Not at all | 3140 | 85.9 | |
Owns Mobile Telephone | Yes | 2763 | 75.6 |
No | 893 | 24.4 | |
Ever used internet | Yes | 309 | 8.5 |
No | 3347 | 91.5 |