Table 3 Factors used in principle components analysis to define socioeconomic quartiles among 530 community survey participants in eastern Afghanistan
Socioeconomic variables | Socioeconomic quartile, n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Poorest (N = 133) | 2. Poor (N = 132) | 3. Less poor (N = 133) | 4. Least poor (N = 132) | |
Education | ||||
None | 128 (30.2) | 109 (25.8) | 100 (23.6) | 87 (20.5) |
Religious/informal | 3 (5.4) | 15 (26.8) | 18 (32.1) | 20 (35.8) |
Primary-school | 2 (9.1) | 6 (27.3) | 3 (13.6) | 11 (50.0) |
Middle-school | 0 (0) | 1 (8.3) | 4 (33.3) | 7 (58.3) |
High-school | 0 (0) | 1 (6.7) | 8 (53.3) | 6 (40.0) |
University/technical | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) |
Primary earner’s employment | ||||
Not working | 2 (40.0) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0) |
Manual labour | 70 (37.6) | 46 (24.7) | 43 (23.1) | 27 (14.5) |
Farming | 35 (22.0) | 48 (30.2) | 34 (21.4) | 42 (26.4) |
Trade/market | 14 (18.0) | 22 (28.2) | 20 (25.6) | 22 (28.2) |
Driver | 8 (18.1) | 10 (22.7) | 11 (25.0) | 15 (34.1) |
Office/similar | 4 (7.0) | 4 (7.0) | 24 (41.4) | 26 (44.9) |
Household assets | ||||
Guestroom | 28 (9.3) | 70 (23.3) | 91 (30.2) | 112 (37.2) |
Electricity | 11 (7.4) | 29 (19.7) | 43 (29.3) | 64 (43.5) |
Land ownership | 33 (13.0) | 64 (25.1) | 61 (24.0) | 97 (38.0) |
Car/truck | 0 (0) | 2 (4.0) | 12 (24.0) | 36 (72.0) |
Radio/music-player | 5 (4.2) | 15 (12.7) | 30 (25.4) | 68 (57.6) |
Rug | 12 (6.6) | 33 (18.2) | 60 (33.2) | 76 (42.0) |
Curtains | 18 (7.1) | 57 (22.4) | 71 (28.0) | 108 (42.5) |
Bicycle | 25 (12.1) | 38 (18.4) | 60 (29.0) | 84 (40.6) |
Pressure-cooker | 27 (8.3) | 79 (24.2) | 101 (31.0) | 119 (36.5) |
ITNs | 9 (4.5) | 31 (15.6) | 65 (32.7) | 94 (47.2) |