CHILD WOMAN RATIO

Data ID

Description:

An index of fertility shown as the ratio of the number of children aged 0 to 5 years to women of child-bearing age (15 -

49 years)

Chapter:

Additional data

File name:

child woman ratio

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

population

human

fertility

TFR

Notes on data, analysis and

1991 Population and Housing Census. For Walvis Bay, data from the 1996 Intercensal survey were added. Data for

compilation:

urban enumeration areas were amalgamated and spread over a 20km radius. For rural areas, values were interpolated to

give smoothed contours.

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Interpolated and very generalised

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

C_W_RATIO

Child:woman ratio. Ratio of the number of children aged 0 to 5

years to women of child-bearing age (15 - 49 years)

RANK	Rank of 1 to 5 representing low to high child:woman ratio

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

See notes on data analysis and compilation

Contact:

Central Statistics Office

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted