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ANNEX 2: SENEGAL
Annex Table 1 Senegal DHS 2005 and 2015 Cross-tabulations
Attendance in
school
(6-11 year
olds)
Attendance in
school
(12-15 year
olds)
Finishing 5
years of
education
(12-15 year
olds)
Finishing 8
years of
education
(16-18 year
olds)
2005 2015 2005 2015 2005 2015 2005 2015
Urban/Rural
Location
Rural 42.6 43.1 41.4 52.2 16 32.4 4.1 21.9
Urban 69.4 73.6 64.9 79.9 44.6 60.7 26.6 51.2
Region
Diourbel 25.5 29.3 27.8 41.6 13.2 19.4 7 13.9
Louga 36.7 33.2 37.5 46.6 15.8 25.4 6.9 26.1
Matam 43.1 41.2 42 48.4 21.8 32.7 5.1 20.7
Kaolack 41.4 41.9 39.3 54.9 20.1 37.4 11.2 29.7
Tambacounda 46.2 51.4 49.7 59.9 24.7 48.8 8.9 22.5
Fatick 55.6 53.8 58.3 67.4 27.9 41.2 11.9 30.8
Thies 51.9 60.7 52.1 63.5 27.7 38.4 16.4 34.1
Saint-Louis 51.5 61.4 51.9 60.1 26.4 49 11.6 42.6
Kolda 60.6 62 60.1 66.5 20.4 44.4 5.2 27.8
Dakar 75.3 78.6 63 86.9 48.3 70.2 29.7 55.5
Zuguinchor 85.1 83.6 89.4 89.9 36.6 64.7 19.3 62
Household
head's
education
No education 44.9 45.7 42.8 54.6 20.6 35.3 8.8 26.4
Primary education 70.6 77.4 73.8 85.8 37.9 56.6 22.4 47.4
Secondary Education 80.5 82.9 73.8 91.6 55.4 79.9 38.3 66.8
Higher Education 87.8 93.4 93 99.5 77.2 91.2 46.3 73.4
Number of
children at
home
5 or more children 50.1 50.5 50.7 58.7 25.1 37.8 12.3 29
3-4 children 54.2 61.6 54.4 68.9 31.8 49.9 16.6 39
1-2 children 64.6 69.2 50.9 74.3 35.8 59.5 20.2 42.2
Asset quintiles
Quint 1 (Poorest) 38.2 43.8 34.4 52 10.3 32.1 1.2 16.5
Quint 2 45.4 45.9 45.3 55.1 16.6 33.3 2.8 24.7
Quint 3 50.9 54.2 50.7 60.9 25.5 40.7 10.7 34.8
Quint 4 60.6 58 58.5 69.1 36.4 52.2 17.8 38.1
Quint 5 (Richest) 77 79.4 69.8 84.8 54.6 66.5 35.9 59.8
Ethnicity
Wolof 44 38.3 43.3 49.5 25.4 33.1 12.7 28.4
Poular 49.7 54.4 47.2 58.6 25.4 42.5 10 29.1
Non-Senegalese 51.9 56.3 38.6 71.3 26.1 44.8 14 20.9
Soninke 60.9 61.2 64.3 87.7 31.3 51.4 23.9 47.4
Madingue 61.4 61.8 59.9 69.9 30.8 51.9 15.4 33.6
Serer 56.1 70.6 52.8 76.1 26.2 48.8 17.8 38.1
Other 69.9 82.6 70.4 84.2 39.9 51.8 23.4 57.9
Diola 83.1 84.4 90.5 92.6 44.1 77.1 23.6 66.1
Gender
Female 53.1 55.7 48 64.3 26.5 45.4 14 35.4
Male 51.5 54.1 55 62.6 30 42.4 17.1 34.7
TOTAL TOTAL 52.3 54.9 51.4 63.5 28.2 43.9 15.4 35
Note: Authors’ calculations using DHS 2005 and 2015. Ethnicity is not the ethnicity of the child but instead the ethnicity of
women responding to the women's questionnaire. If there are more than 1 woman in the household responding to the
questionnaire the mode is taken. Hence this variable proxies the ethnicity of household members in the household.