Somali Integrated Household Budget survey report just launched

[bidenkulaha]

The age-sex structure shows women outnumbering men among young adults and the oldest age categories.

The population pyramid has a wide base and narrow top, a typical feature for a young population.

Dependency ratio is highest in rural and nomadic areas reaching 131 percent and 121 percent respectively, compared with 106 percent for urban areas.

Half of the population above the age of
15 years are married (50.5 percent), 37.9 percent have never been married, 5.53 percent are divorced and 6.1 are widowed.

Only 4.1 percent of the adult (15+) population owns a passport, which is the only nationally recognized form of identification in Somalia.

 

[bidenkulaha]

High blood pressure (26.3 percent) and diabetes (21.1 percent) are the most common among people suffering from chronic illnesses.
About 8.3 percent of the population suffer from some form of disabilities.

Less than one fourth, (21.2 percent)
of persons with chronic diseases and disabilities receive any kind of support.

Overall, ill or injured people tend to consult a pharmacy (44.1 percent) more than other health care providers. Slight gender and residence difference towards health care preference are observed.

Lack of affordability causes 48.5 percent of ill or injured people to refrain from using medical services; in addition to their belief that their illness is minor (33.3 percent) and unavailability of a doctors or nurses (4.6 percent). Some differences are observed by areas of residence.

One fourth of patients seek healthcare at health facilities in the same neighborhood as their residence (26.8 percent), while 36.0 percent visit health facilities in the same sub-distric

 

[bidenkulaha]

No female with balwaad? kkkkkkkk. go liido night time see the females smokin shisha with the guys in their cars or the ones chewing khaat at home.

2.5 percent chew khat in Somalia? can tell this stats aint srs some off u man never been back home.

Table 4.8 presents the proportion of individuals who smoke cigarettes, shisha and chew khat. Generally, as little as 2.6 percent of the respondents reported smoking cigarettes, with less than one percent (0.1 percent) reported smoking shisha and 2.5 percent chewing khat.

Those who reported consuming any of the three account for 7.2 percent of the male population. Smoking (cigarettes and shisha) and khat chewing begins at the early age of 15-19 years and peaks at 55-59 years

 

[Angelina]

Fascinating, there are more female business owners than men in Somalia.

 

[Prince of HS]

Fascinating, there are more female business owners than men in Somalia.

this is expected especially in Mogadishu. I'm here currently and most side road shops/stalls are run by women. Somali women are very resiliant wallahi I'm proud of our women

 

[Basra]

this is expected especially in Mogadishu. I'm here currently and most side road shops/stalls are run by women. Somali women are very resiliant wallahi I'm proud of our women

They are lionesses. Made for desert and hustling. I wish their testosterone was shared with their boys

 

[Dima&Damo]

They are lionesses. Made for desert and hustling. I wish their testosterone was shared with their boys

It's because there is more women then men in somaliyee for every man it's 5 women, 30 years of fighting has put a dent in the male population

 

[Avalanche]

It also says that the literacy rate for the 15-19 age group is 72.4%, which is very promising for the future.

 

[Heavy Mountains]

It's because there is more women then men in somaliyee for every man it's 5 women, 30 years of fighting has put a dent in the male population

There is only a deficit of males compared to females in the 20-39 age bracket and the sex ratio between males and females in those bracket is small

 

[GaradShabeel]

2.5% chew khat. Surprisingly low

I'm assuming that it doesn't include SL (?)

 

[Avalanche]

I'm assuming that it doesn't include SL (?)

The study is based on all 18 regions except Jubbada Dhexe which is almost entirely controlled by Al Shabaab.

 

[El Nino]

Sorry to be a debbie downer but I aint believing no population surveys done in Somalia.

 

[Heavy Mountains]

Sorry to be a debbie downer but I aint believing no population surveys done in Somalia.

Nah it's accurate and reliable.

You should read Chapter 1. The survey methodology was well designed and the staff were well trained.

Fieldwork was completed between 10th May and 31st July 2022. The study was administered by face-to-face, in-home interviews using a computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) approach. Enumerators on the field used tablets to complete the survey questionnaire through the Survey Solutions platform. Once questionnaires were completed, the data was submitted immediately to the server. The total response rate was 96 percent. Response rate was the highest among nomadic households, at 99 percent, followed by rural at 97 percent and urban at 95 percent

Data collection was subject to rigorous quality control protocols, carried at different levels of the field operations. Quality assurance protocols included supervised interviews, spot-checks, backchecks, and automated high-frequency checks of the data collected. Each region had an independent quality control team that reported directly to the project manager. Supervisors observed 10-15 percent of all interviews done by every interviewer; this supervision was more intense during the initial days of data collection to evaluate and improve interviewer performance by noting errors. Meanwhile, back-checking was performed on 5 percent of the interviews.

 

[bidenkulaha]

Our energy is a mess. We are completely reliant on burning trees. Quite sad. We quickly need state backed transition and investment in renewable energy

 

[johnsepei5]

Our energy is a mess. We are completely reliant on burning trees. Quite sad. We quickly need state backed transition and investment in renewable energy

Mini power grids?

 

[Mujaahid Rag ah]

It's because there is more women then men in somaliyee for every man it's 5 women, 30 years of fighting has put a dent in the male population

Also more men do riskier jobs, like the Somali army 99% are men, so for women to survive they have to do business.