Journal of Population Sciences
Table 3 Distribution of Isolation capacity in selected African countries
Sub-region/country | Overall: n (%) | Residence (%) | Wealth index (%) | Education: Household head (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | Poor | Average | Rich | None | Primary | Secondary+ | ||
Western Africa | |||||||||
 Benin | 6847 (48.4) | 50.6 | 46.7 | 43.1 | 47.8 | 53.2 | 47.3 | 44.4 | 54.6 |
 Guinea | 3890 (49.2) | 46.4 | 50.6 | 44.6 | 54.7 | 48.3 | 49.5 | 47.2 | 49.1 |
 Mali | 5098 (53.6) | 52.3 | 54 | 49.7 | 55.4 | 55.9 | 51 | 55.7 | 62.3 |
 Nigeria | 22413 (55.4) | 56.6 | 54.5 | 49.4 | 55.9 | 59.4 | 53.2 | 55.1 | 57 |
 Senegal | 3593 (42.9) | 48.4 | 37 | 32.5 | 38.9 | 49.8 | 39.3 | 41.7 | 57.4 |
Middle Africa | |||||||||
 Angola | 7524 (46.7) | 46.4 | 47.2 | 46.2 | 46.2 | 47.5 | 51.1 | 42.7 | 47 |
 Chad | 6677 (39.2) | 44.1 | 37.9 | 40.9 | 33.9 | 42.3 | 36.1 | 39.4 | 49 |
Eastern Africa | |||||||||
 Burundi | 8465 (53.0) | 54.2 | 52.8 | 52.1 | 51.8 | 56 | 56.9 | 46.6 | 58.7 |
 Ethiopia | 5136 (30.9) | 53.4 | 25.2 | 21.8 | 25.1 | 45.8 | 27.6 | 25.4 | 54 |
 Tanzania | 6801 (54.1) | 61.2 | 50.7 | 40.6 | 55.6 | 64.6 | 50.9 | 51.7 | 67.3 |
 Uganda | 9887 (50.5) | 57.6 | 48 | 38.5 | 50.1 | 59.3 | 53.6 | 45.8 | 56.3 |
 Rwanda | 7408 (58.4) | 65.5 | 57 | 54.6 | 57.2 | 64.9 | 62 | 53.9 | 73.9 |
Southern Africa | |||||||||
 Malawi | 13165 (49.9) | 60 | 48.1 | 41.2 | 50.4 | 61.1 | 50.1 | 46.9 | 56.7 |
 South Africa | 8576 (77.4) | 78 | 76.1 | 72.3 | 74.4 | 84.6 | 69.8 | 70.9 | 80.7 |
 Zambia | 5780 (45.0) | 48.6 | 42.5 | 38.5 | 45.5 | 49.7 | 47.3 | 41 | 48.1 |
 Zimbabwe | 6203 (58.9) | 61.9 | 57.4 | 47.6 | 65 | 65.1 | 60.9 | 59.3 | 58.4 |