Table 2

Characteristics of the sample population



Botswana
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe
TOTAL

Number of adults interviewed
Adults
2526
2367
2863
2458
2649
1974
2963
2842
20639
% who had not completed primary school
Crude
322/2367
639/2183
1572/2827
1807/2425
497/2599
401/1827
803/2895
207/2772
6248/19895

Weighted
12%
22%
43%
75%
17%
14%
22%
6%
42%
% female respondents
Crude
1495/2489
1488/2348
1683/2853
1471/2446
1465/2632
1122/1957
1605/2954
1543/2827
11872/20506

Weighted
57%
66%
63%
61%
56%
56%
58%
54%
59%
% who said they did not have enough food in the last week
Crude
616/2216
734/2020
869/2180
705/1752
537/1799
672/1816
821/2175
815/2616
5769/16574

Weighted
27%
31%
27%
42%
27%
23%
36%
29%
35%
% with no income
Crude
248/1900
419/1963
51/1983
66/1628
302/1727
230/1584
132/1890
155/2067
1603/14742

Weighted
11%
17%
2%
4%
14%
8%
5%
6%
5%
Average HH size
Average
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
5.4
6.2
3.9
4.7
5.3

Andersson et al. BMC Women's Health 2007 7:11   doi:10.1186/1472-6874-7-11