Table 2 Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of 1000 adults living in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

N

1000

501

499

Age (years)

1000

42 (21)

47 (25)

39 (15)

Sex

1000

Male (%)

35.7

36.7

34.7

Female (%)

64.3

63.3

65.3

Ethnic group

1000

Bobo (%)

0.6

0.8

0.4

Dioula (%)

0.2

0.2

0.2

Fulani (%)

1.8

3.0

0.6

Gourmantche (%)

0.4

0.6

0.2

Gourounsi (%)

1.0

0.8

1.2

Lobi (%)

0.4

0.4

0.4

Mossi (%)

92.0

88.8

95.2

Other (%)

1.4

2.4

0.4

Bissa (%)

1.0

1.6

0.4

Samo (%)

1.2

1.4

1.0

International Wealth Index

935

56.9 ± 16.5

65.5 ± 14.9

47.5 ± 12.5

Education level

1000

none (%)

57.3

50.9

63.7

Primary (years 1–6) (%)

20.3

19.4

21.2

Limited secondary (years 7–10) (%)

13.8

15.4

12.2

Advanced secondary (years 11–13) (%)

5.8

9.4

2.2

Apprenticeship training (%)

0.4

0.8

0

University (%)

2.4

4.2

0.6

Employment status

1000

Paid employee (%)

25.1

29.7

20.4

Retired (%)

4.7

8.8

0.6

Unemployed, looking for work (%)

29.0

25.0

33.1

Unable to work (%)

5.2

6.0

4.4

On social benefits (%)

0.1

0

0.2

Full-time homemaker (%)

34.3

28.1

40.5

Student (%)

1.6

2.4

0.8

Occupation

1000

Subsistence farmer (%)

2.7

3.4

2.0

Commercial farmer (%)

0.8

0.4

1.2

Casual worker (%)

9.4

8.2

10.6

Businessperson, merchant, vendor (%)

45.2

37.7

52.7

Craftsperson (%)

6.3

4.8

7.8

Civil servant (%)

8.0

11.8

4.2

Other (%)

27.6

33.7

21.4

Marital status

1000

Married/registered (%)

55.3

58.3

52.3

Cohabitating (%)

22.3

14.4

30.3

Single (%)

6.1

8.4

3.8

Divorced or separated (%)

2.8

1.8

3.8

Widowed (%)

13.5

17.2

9.8

Number of people living in the household

1000

6 (4)

6 (4)

5 (3)

Main source of energy used for cooking

938

Not applicable (%)

1.9

2.1

1.8

Gas (%)

37.6

45.5

29.2

Firewood (simple format) (%)

20.0

17.5

22.8

Firewood (improved format) (%)

14.4

13.8

15.0

Coal (simple format) (%)

15.0

10.5

19.9

Coal (improved format) (%)

10.8

10.7

10.8

Other (%)

0.2

0

0.4

Number of refrigerators

938

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)