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The Government of the Gambia THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GAMBIA INTEGRATED HOUSEHOLD SURVEY 2015/16 Volume II Socio-economic Characteristics Gambia Bureau of Statistics Banjul, The Gambia October 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .........................................................................................................................v LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................... ix LIST OF ANNEXES .................................................................................................................... ix ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................x FOREWORD............................................................................................................................... xii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................... xiv EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .........................................................................................................xv CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................1 1.1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Socio-economic Environment .......................................................................................... 3 1.3. Objectives of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS)..................................................... 4 1.4. Sampling and Coverage of the Survey ............................................................................. 4 Sampling ................................................................................................................... 4 1.4.2 Sample selection and implementation ...................................................................... 5 Sample probabilities and Sampling weights ............................................................. 8 Weights adjustments ................................................................................................. 8 Survey instruments.................................................................................................... 9 1.5. Training of survey teams ................................................................................................ 11 1.6. Survey Organization ....................................................................................................... 11 1.7. Data Collection ............................................................................................................... 11 1.8. Data Processing .............................................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER 2. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ...................................................13 2.1. Age-Sex Distribution...................................................................................................... 13 2.2. Dependency Ratio .......................................................................................................... 14 2.3. Population by Sex........................................................................................................... 15 2.4. Household Size ............................................................................................................... 16 2.5. Working-age population ................................................................................................. 17 i CHAPTER 3. EDUCATION ..................................................................................................19 3.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 19 3.2. Population Ever Attended School .................................................................................. 19 3.3. Highest Level of Education reached .............................................................................. 21 3.4. Highest Level of Education by Sex ................................................................................ 22 3.5. Reasons for not being currently in school ...................................................................... 24 3.6. Enrolment Rate ............................................................................................................... 27 3.6.1 Gross Enrolment Rate ............................................................................................. 27 3.6.2 Net Enrolment Rate................................................................................................. 29 3.7. Literacy Rates ................................................................................................................. 30 3.8. Expenditures on Education............................................................................................. 32 CHAPTER 4. HEALTH .........................................................................................................35 4.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 35 4.2. Morbidity ........................................................................................................................ 35 4.2.1 Morbidity rates ........................................................................................................ 35 4.2.2 Morbidity Patterns by Type of Illness/injury .......................................................... 36 4.2.3 Population Sick/Injured by Type of Illness and Broad Age-groups ....................... 38 4.3. Action taken when sick .................................................................................................. 40 4.3.1 Population who consulted a health practitioner (Use) ............................................ 40 4.3.2 Population Who Were Sick by Type of Health Practitioner Consulted (Use) ........ 41 4.4. Reasons for not seeking medical care ............................................................................ 42 4.5. Time Taken to Reach Health Facilities .......................................................................... 43 4.6. Maternal and Child Health Care Delivery...................................................................... 45 4.7. Assistance during delivery ............................................................................................. 46 4.8. Child Immunization........................................................................................................ 47 CHAPTER 5. LABOUR .........................................................................................................48 5.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 48 5.2. Working Age Population ................................................................................................ 48 5.3. Economic Activity Status ............................................................................................... 49 5.4. Employment Status ........................................................................................................ 50 5.5. Youth Labour ................................................................................................................. 57 ii 5.6. Child Labour .................................................................................................................. 67 5.6.1 Population Profile of Children Aged 7-14 Years .................................................... 68 5.6.2 Child Labour and Industry ...................................................................................... 68 CHAPTER 6. SOCIAL AMENITIES ...................................................................................70 6.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 70 6.2. Tenure of Accommodation............................................................................................. 70 6.3. Type of Owner-Occupied Households ........................................................................... 71 6.4. Main Source of Cooking Fuel ........................................................................................ 73 6.5. Main Source of Lighting Fuel ........................................................................................ 74 6.6. Types of material used for housing ................................................................................ 75 6.7. Household Solid Waste Disposal ................................................................................... 77 CHAPTER 7. WATER AND SANITATION .......................................................................80 7.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 80 7.2. Main Source of Drinking Source ................................................................................... 80 7.3. Household Sanitation ..................................................................................................... 82 CHAPTER 8. GOVERNANCE .............................................................................................85 8.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 85 8.2. National Council
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