Table 2 Sample characteristics and birth registration rates by selected characteristics
From: Obstacles to birth registration in Niger: estimates from a recent household survey
| Â | Population shares (%) | Birth registration rates (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural | Urban | All | Rural | Urban | All | ||
Sex of the child | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Male | 49.6 | 52.2 | 50.0 | 48.6 | 85.9 | 54.1 | |
 Female | 50.4 | 47.8 | 50.1 | 46.7 | 81.3 | 51.4 | |
Location | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Urban | – | – | 14.2 | – | 83.7 | – | |
 Rural | – | – | 85.8 | 47.7 | – | 47.7 | |
Region | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Agadez | 1.5 | 8.4 | 2.5 | 29.7 | 87.9 | 58.0 | |
 Diffa | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 32.9 | 70.7 | 38.0 | |
 Dosso | 11.8 | 6.4 | 11.0 | 65.1 | 81.6 | 66.5 | |
 Maradi | 23.0 | 16.6 | 22.0 | 51.5 | 70.5 | 53.6 | |
 Tahoua | 19.2 | 9.5 | 17.8 | 57.9 | 94.0 | 60.6 | |
 Tillaberi | 16.5 | 6.6 | 15.1 | 47.4 | 76.8 | 49.2 | |
 Zinder | 24.9 | 12.5 | 23.2 | 31.1 | 80.6 | 34.9 | |
 Niamey | 0.0 | 37.0 | 5.3 | - | 89.7 | 89.7 | |
Age of the child | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Less than 1 year old | 19.2 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 51.2 | 84.7 | 56.2 | |
 1 year old | 18.3 | 20.3 | 18.6 | 53.5 | 83.9 | 58.2 | |
 2 years old | 19.5 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 45.7 | 84.5 | 50.9 | |
 3 years old | 23.7 | 20.5 | 23.2 | 45.2 | 81.7 | 49.8 | |
 4 years old | 16.4 | 17.6 | 16.5 | 42.0 | 83.7 | 48.3 | |
Asset quintile | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Bottom | 25.9 | 1.8 | 22.5 | 44.5 | 42.0 | 44.5 | |
 Second | 23.5 | 3.1 | 20.6 | 41.2 | 56.4 | 41.5 | |
 Third | 23.4 | 3.8 | 20.6 | 44.1 | 72.7 | 44.9 | |
 Fourth | 21.6 | 25.5 | 22.1 | 54.8 | 74.2 | 58.0 | |
 Top | 5.6 | 65.9 | 14.2 | 76.5 | 90.4 | 85.6 | |
Education of the head | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 No education | 83.7 | 58.3 | 80.1 | 43.8 | 78.7 | 47.4 | |
 Primary (partial or completed) | 10.8 | 18.9 | 12.0 | 65.9 | 90.7 | 71.5 | |
 Secondary (partial or completed) | 5.1 | 16.6 | 6.7 | 69.0 | 88.6 | 75.8 | |
 Post-secondary (partial or completed) | 0.3 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 94.7 | 95.8 | 95.6 | |
Education of the spouse | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 No education | 87.4 | 60.5 | 83.6 | 43.9 | 77.8 | 47.4 | |
 Primary (partial or completed) | 9.3 | 19.7 | 10.8 | 65.9 | 93.5 | 73.0 | |
 Secondary (partial or completed) | 3.2 | 17.6 | 5.2 | 79.5 | 94.8 | 86.8 | |
 Post-secondary (partial or completed) | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 100.0 | 94.1 | 94.4 | |
Spouses married as children | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 None | 10.1 | 36,00 | 13.8 | 54.7 | 86.2 | 66.4 | |
 One out of three | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 46.6 | 100.0 | 50.6 | |
 Half | 4.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 51.8 | 88.3 | 58.1 | |
 Two out of three | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 52.0 | 100.0 | 52.1 | |
 All | 84.5 | 58.2 | 80.8 | 46.1 | 82.8 | 49.9 | |
Disability status of child | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 No disability | 98.4 | 98.6 | 98.4 | 47.8 | 83.9 | 52.9 | |
 One or more disabilities | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 42.4 | 65.3 | 45.2 | |
Marital status of the head | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Never married | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 36.3 | 90.2 | 44.3 | |
 Married once | 64.7 | 71.7 | 65.7 | 47.1 | 84.8 | 52.9 | |
 Polygamous | 29.9 | 23.1 | 28.9 | 49.0 | 79.7 | 52.4 | |
 Separated, widow, or divorced | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 50.2 | 84.2 | 54.8 | |
Occupation of the head | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 Agriculture | 77.4 | 15.5 | 68.6 | 46.4 | 69.3 | 47.2 | |
 Domestic work | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 39.7 | 50.3 | 41.2 | |
 Administration | 1.3 | 19.0 | 3.8 | 89.9 | 94.4 | 93.1 | |
 Trade | 7.3 | 30.4 | 10.5 | 59.9 | 84.1 | 69.8 | |
 Other occupation | 8.2 | 27.7 | 11.0 | 43.5 | 88.7 | 59.7 | |
 No occupation |  | 1.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 60.8 | 86.9 | 67.9 |