title: Population characterstics - Household characteristics
unit_of_measure: Percent
linearized_input: Population characterstics - Household characteristics | Percent | (households With, a television, 2) (households With, electricity, 8) (households With, a bicycle, 32) (households With, a radio, 43) (households With, relatively safe drinking water, 66) (households With, iodised salt, 67) (households With, earth/ sand flooring, 79) (households With, traditional pit toilet, 86)
table_text: Possession of consumer durable goods is more common in urban areas than rural areas. For instance, 73 percent of urban households possess at least one of the following goods: radio, television, refrigerator, bicycle, motorcycle, or private car or truck, as compared with only 50 percent in rural areas. The two goods that are most commonly owned are radios (43 percent nationwide) and bicycles (32 percent). Education is an important means of improving the status of women and their children. The survey results show that 36 percent of women age 15-49 and 22 per cent of men age 15-59 cannot read at all. In terms of educational attainment, more than half of the women (52 percent) have com pleted at least primary school, whereas 27 percent have had no education at all. For men, the proportions are respectively 58 and 14 percent.
target: Possession of consumer durable goods is more common in urban areas than rural areas.