6.42 HOUSEHOLDS HEADED BY WOMEN

Data ID

Description:

Percentage of households headed by a female

Chapter:

6 People, Services and Infrastructure

File name:

Households headed by women

File type:

Arcview shapefile

Geographical area:

Namibia

Keywords:

household head

female

Notes on data, analysis and

Derived from data from the 1991 Population and Housing Census. For Erongo region, data for Walvis Bay were added

compilation:

from the 1996 Intercensal survey, using the 1996 ratio of households headed by women in combination with the

1993/1994 National Housing Income and Expenditure Survey estimate of 21000 people to estimate the number of male

and female headed households.

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

Data quality and organisation

Positional Accuracy:

Very generalised

Vector/Raster:

Vector

Spatial reference

Projection:

Geographic

Fields

Field name

Field description

PERCENT_HH

Percentage of households headed by a female

Source/Distribution

Data Source:

See notes on data analysis and compilation

Contact:

Central Statistics Office

Online/Offline Address:

Central Statistics Office

Government Office Park

Luther Street

Private Bag 13356

Windhoek

Tel: 2834111

Distribution notes:

Unrestricted