Functional Difficulty Around 1.7 percent of the Kabul population 5 years or older at the time of the survey had at least one functional difficulty in seeing, hearing, walking, remembering, communicating, or self-caring. Among those with functional difficulty, the most common was walking (43.7 percent), followed by seeing (32.9 percent) and then self-caring (23.0 percent). A slightly higher proportion of males (2 percent) than females (1.4 percent) had a functional difficulty. Both of them, however, cited walking (43.4 percent for males and 44.1 percent for females), seeing (33.3 percent for males and 32.3 percent for females), and self-caring (21.4 percent for males and 25.3 percent for females) as the most common difficulties. Economic Activity The Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey collected data on the main activity carried out by household members 5 years or older during the 12 months prior to the survey. In Kabul Province, among the population 15 years or older, 35.1 percent were considered economically active which means that they did some workfor 6 months or more during the 12 months prior to the survey. Persons who were considered as not economically active were those who worked for less than 6 months or did not work at all during the reference periodcomprised 64.9 percent. The percentage of persons who did not work to the total population 15 years and olderwas high at 64.1 percent while only 0.8 percent worked for less than 6 months. Figure 10 shows that the proportion of persons who did not work during the reference period was the highestin all districtsranging from 55.6 percent in Kalakan District to 66.5 percent in Khak-E-Jabar District as compared to those who worked (for more than or less than 6 months). Kalakan District had the highest percentage of persons 15 years and older who reported to have worked for more than 6 months at 40.1 percent while Paghman District had the lowest at 32.7 percent.
Functional Difficulty Around 1.7 percent of the Kabul population 5 years or older at the time of the survey had at least one functional difficulty in seeing, hearing, walking, remembering, communicating, or self-caring. Among those with functional difficulty, the most common was walking (43.7 percent), followed by seeing (32.9 percent) and then self-caring (23.0 percent). A slightly higher proportion of males (2 percent) than females (1.4 percent) had a functional difficulty. Both of them, however, cited walking (43.4 percent for males and 44.1 percent for females), seeing (33.3 percent for males and 32.3 percent for females), and self-caring (21.4 percent for males and 25.3 percent for females) as the most common difficulties. Economic Activity The Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey collected data on the main activity carried out by household members 5 years or older during the 12 months prior to the survey. In Kabul Province, among the population 15 years or older, 35.1 percent were considered economically active which means that they did some workfor 6 months or more during the 12 months prior to the survey. Persons who were considered as not economically active were those who worked for less than 6 months or did not work at all during the reference periodcomprised 64.9 percent. The percentage of persons who did not work to the total population 15 years and olderwas high at 64.1 percent while only 0.8 percent worked for less than 6 months. Figure 10 shows that the proportion of persons who did not work during the reference period was the highestin all districtsranging from 55.6 percent in Kalakan District to 66.5 percent in Khak-E-Jabar District as compared to those who worked (for more than or less than 6 months). Kalakan District had the highest percentage of persons 15 years and older who reported to have worked for more than 6 months at 40.1 percent while Paghman District had the lowest at 32.7 percent.