Table 2.

4a School attendance ratio: PRIMARY

Net attendance ratios (NAR) and gross attendance ratios (GAR) for the defacto household population by sex and level of scho
Gender Parity Index (GPI), according to background characteristics, SLHDS 2020
Net Attendance Ratio
Gender
Background characteristics
Male Female Total Parity Male
Index3
Urban 38.80 37.80 38.30 0.98 54.40
Rural 39.20 33.50 36.30 0.86 59.70
Nomadic 2.30 1.30 1.80 0.56 3.70
Region of residence
Awdal 48.40 45.40 46.90 0.94 62.70
Marodijeh 34.40 35.30 34.90 1.02 48.60
Sahil 30.90 25.00 28.00 0.81 42.40
Togdheer 28.10 25.20 26.70 0.90 42.30
Sool 19.40 16.50 18.00 0.85 31.90
Sanaag 23.80 21.60 22.70 0.91 36.00
Wealth quitile
Lowest 11.70 9.50 10.60 0.81 18.30
Second 34.10 28.70 31.40 0.84 50.30
Middle 31.30 26.60 29.00 0.85 48.30
Fourth 42.10 35.80 39.00 0.85 62.00
Highest 43.00 45.80 44.40 1.07 57.90
Total 30.40 28.90 29.60 0.95 43.90
ulation by sex and level of schooling and

Gross Attendance Ratio

Gender
Female Total Parity
Index3
53.70 54.10 0.99
50.70 55.20 0.85
1.90 2.80 0.51

57.30 60.00 0.91

52.00 50.40 1.07
34.70 38.70 0.82
36.10 39.40 0.85
25.80 28.80 0.81
33.30 34.70 0.93

14.80 16.60 0.80

43.10 46.80 0.86
39.60 44.00 0.82
55.20 58.60 0.89
62.20 60.10 1.07
41.80 42.90 0.95
Table 2.4b School attendance ratio: SECONDARY
Net attendance ratios (NAR) and gross attendance ratios (GAR) for the defacto household population by sex and
level of schooling and Gender Parity Index (GPI), according to background characteristics, SLHDS 2020

Net Attendance Ratio1 Gross Attendance Ratio[1]

Background
characterist Gender Gender
ics
Male Female Total Parity Male Female Total Parity
Index[2] Index3
Urban 19.80 13.80 16.60 0.70 53.50 42.00 47.30 0.78
Rural 10.40 2.90 6.50 0.28 22.10 9.00 15.20 0.41
Nomadic 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.50 0.00
Region of
residence
Awdal 26.00 20.50 23.40 0.79 48.00 40.50 44.50 0.85

Marodije 15.30 9.50 12.10 0.62 41.80 36.40 38.80 0.87

h
Sahil 13.60 6.90 10.20 0.51 34.80 19.30 26.80 0.55
Togdheer 13.10 9.30 11.10 0.71 38.30 24.80 31.20 0.65
Sool 4.10 2.30 3.20 0.56 12.20 7.40 9.70 0.61
Sanaag 7.20 5.40 6.30 0.74 21.40 14.80 18.20 0.69
Wealth
quitile
Lowest 1.60 0.00 0.90 0.00 3.70 1.80 2.80 0.48
Second 11.30 2.20 6.60 0.20 20.70 6.30 13.30 0.30
Middle 15.50 5.50 10.30 0.36 31.20 19.30 25.00 0.62
Fourth 13.30 13.80 13.50 1.04 48.30 37.80 42.70 0.78
Highest 26.20 15.60 20.20 0.60 66.60 47.80 56.00 0.72
TOTAL 12.90 8.60 10.70 0.67 33.70 26.20 29.80 0.78
1
The NAR for primary school is the percentage of the primary-school age A-B years) population that is attending
primary school.
The NAR for secondary

[1] The GAR for primary school is the total number of primary school students, expressed as a percentage of the offi
The GAR for secondary school is the total number of secondary school students, expressed as a percentage of the official secondary-schoo
If there are significant numbers of overage and underage students at a given level of schooling, the GAR can exceed 100 percent
[2] The Gender Parity Index for primary school is the ratio of the primary school NAR(GAR) for females to the NAR(G
ssed as a percentage of the official primaryschool-age population.
tage of the official secondary-school-age population.
R can exceed 100 percent
GAR) for females to the NAR(GAR) for males. The Gender Parity Index for secondary school is the ratio of the secondary school NAR(GAR)
e secondary school NAR(GAR) for females to the NAR(GAR) for males.
Table 2.13 Household resilience

Household resilience Percentage of households with difficulty obtaining food, SLHDS 2020
Household resilience

Percentage Percentage who smaller Percentage who spent worried about meal than Percentage who
did not Percentage whole day Background not having he/she who ate fewer eat any kind who went to
with out Number of characteristics enough food needed meal in a day of food bed hungry eating
Householdse

Residence
Urban 16.40 15.50 15.10 13.60 13.90 11.10 2938.00
Rural 24.40 23.20 23.00 20.90 20.80 17.40 1570.00
Nomadic 22.90 21.90 21.10 20.70 19.70 19.10 1532.00
Region
Awdal 12.90 13.10 12.60 12.70 10.90 9.90 567.00
Marodije
15.10 13.90 14.10 11.90 12.20 9.10 2084.00
h
Sahil 16.80 17.10 17.30 16.60 12.70 11.60 313.00
Togdheer 23.30 20.80 19.70 18.80 19.60 16.70 1252.00
Sool 26.30 26.80 26.00 25.60 25.00 22.30 800.00
Sanaag 26.60 25.60 24.80 22.80 23.20 21.70 1023.00
Number
of
20.10 19.10 18.70 17.30 17.20 14.80 6040.00
Househol
ds
Table 5.1 Antenatal care
Percent distribution of ever married women aged 15-49 who had a live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey by
antenatal care (ANC) provider, SLHDS 2020

Person providing assistance during ANC

Doctor/ Nurse/
Skilled
Background characteristics Clinical Auxiliary TBA1/ Total assistance
Other/ No ANC during ANC2
Officer Midwife/ Relative
Midwife
Mother’s age at birth
<20 9.5 30.4 1.5 57.5 100 39.9
20-34 14.4 35.6 0.7 49.3 100 50
35-49 12.2 29.9 0.5 57.4 100 42.1
Birth order
1 11.9 34.1 0.7 53.1 100 46
2-Mar 28.2 30.7 2 39.2 100 58.8
4-May * * * * * *
6+ * * * * * *
Type of residence
Urban 20.7 48.2 0.6 30 100 68.9
Rural 8.6 32.1 1.7 57.6 100 40.7
Nomadic 3.7 8.5 0.3 87.5 100 12.3
Region
Awdal 11.1 46.5 0.4 42 100 57.6
Marodijeh 25.2 35.4 1.1 37.6 100 60.7
Sahil 10.7 39.1 1.1 49.1 100 49.8
Togdheer 8.7 47 0.1 44.2 100 55.6
Sool 7.4 15.8 1.1 75.7 100 23.1
Sanaag 7 18 1.1 73.7 100 25
Education
No education 9.7 30.4 0.8 59.1 100 40.1
Primary 18 50.4 1.4 29.1 100 68.4
Secondary 39 40 0 20.9 100 79.1
Higher 51.6 33.2 0 15.2 100 84.8
Wealth quintile
Lowest 42 140 0.7 81.1 100 18.2
Second 3.8 23.4 0.5 72.3 100 272
Middle 7 39.4 0.7 52.6 100 46.5
Fourth 12.7 45.7 0.7 40.9 100 58.4
Highest 0.28 0.46 1.1 243 100 740
Total 13.3 34 0.8 51.6 100 47.3

Note: If more than one source of ANC was mentioned, only the provider with the highest
qualifications is considered in this tabulation.
1 Skilled provider includes doctor/clinical officer or nurse/midwife/auxiliary midwife.
An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 un-weighted cases and has been
suppressed.
receding the survey by

Number
of women

440
1,916
334

2,424
243
18
4

1,309
710
671

248
772
150
701
357
463

2,083
426
122
60

680
360
319
520
811
2,690

h the highest

midwife.
es and has been
Table 5.5 Place of delivery
Percent distribution of live births in the five years preceding the survey by place of delivery and percentage delivered i
health facility, according to background characteristics, SLHDS 2020
Health facility

Background characteristics Public Private

sector sector Home Other Total

Mother’s age at birth

<20 25.80 6.20 67.80 0.20 100.00
20-34 25.00 10.00 64.90 0.10 100.00
35-49 16.10 8.90 74.40 0.60 100.00
Birth order
1 23.00 8.90 67.90 0.20 100.00
2-Mar 24.20 10.30 65.20 0.20 100.00
4-May 28.20 4.00 67.60 0.20 100.00
6+ -21.10 -5.30 -73.70 0.00 100.00
Antenatal care visits 1

None 13.30 5.00 81.40 0.40 100.00

1-Mar 37.40 19.00 43.70 0.00 100.00
4+ 47.20 27.60 25.20 0.00 100.00
Don’t know/ missing * * * * *
Type of residence
Urban 39.40 19.60 41.00 0.10 100.00
Rural 21.80 2.60 75.30 0.30 100.00
Nomadic 3.50 0.90 95.30 0.30 100.00
Region
Awdal 42.30 6.40 51.20 0.20 100.00
Marodijeh 35.10 24.10 40.70 0.00 100.00
Sahil 38.70 3.50 57.50 0.30 100.00
Togdheer 24.90 7.80 67.00 0.20 100.00
Sool 10.60 2.90 86.40 0.20 100.00
Sanaag 9.40 2.20 88.10 0.30 100.00
Education
No education 202.00 6.00 73.60 2.00 100.00
Primary 35.50 16.40 48.00 0.10 100.00
Secondary 462.00 38.60 15.30 0.00 100.00
Higher 48.90 44.10 7.00 0.00 100.00
Wealth quintile
Lowest 5.10 0.90 93.70 3.00 100.00
Second 10.80 0.80 882.00 3.00 100.00
Middle 26.70 4.10 69.10 2.00 100.00
Fourth 35.40 106.00 53.90 0.10 100.00
Highest
Total 42.80 25.20 66.50 0.20 100.00
 Includes only the most recent birth in the five years preceding the survey.
Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 un-weighted cases and has bee
suppressed.
delivery and percentage delivered in a

Percentage
delivered in Number of
a health births
facility

32.00 596.00
34.90 3614.00
25.00 641.00

31.90 1970.00
34.60 2560.00
32.20 284.00
-26.30 37.00

18.20 1389.00
56.30 754.00
74.80 539.00
* 9.00

59.00 2080.00
24.40 1329.00
4.40 1441.00

48.60 397.00
59.20 1154.00
42.20 254.00
32.70 1243.00
13.40 784.00
11.60 1019.00

262.00 3.86
51.90 744.00
84.70 174.00
93.00 77.00

6.00 1394.00
0.60 742.00
30.70 542.00
46.00 907.00

33.30 4850.00
receding the survey.
eighted cases.
-weighted cases and has been
Table 5.6 Assistance during delivery
Percent distribution of live births in the five years preceding the survey by person providing assistance during delivery, percentage of births assisted by a skilled provid
percentage delivered by caesarian-section, according to background characteristics, SLHDS 2020

Person providing assistance during delivery

Background Nurse/ Percentage

characteristics Doctor/ Auxiliary Traditional delivered Percentage
Clinical Midwife/ birth by skilled delivered by
Officer Midwife attendant Relative/other No one Total provider1 C-section

Mother’s age at
birth

<20 7.50 29.00 48.80 12.70 2.10 100.00 36.50 3.00

20-34 6.70 35.10 46.40 10.00 1.90 100.00 41.80 3.50

35-49 8.00 22.40 55.00 10.70 3.90 100.00 30.40 4.60

Birth order

1 8.30 30.30 48.90 10.60 1.90 100.00 38.50 4.50

2-Mar 6.50 34.20 46.50 10.70 2.20 100.00 40.70 2.90

4-May 3.90 36.40 48.80 7.90 3.00 100.00 40.30 3.50

6+ 0.00 -26.30 -71.10 0.00 -2.60 100.00 -26.20 0.00

Antenatal care
visits2
None 4.30 19.50 59.50 13.70 3.10 100.00 23.70 1.90

1-Mar 15.20 49.90 29.70 4.70 0.60 100.00 65.10 7.10

4+ 15.30 64.10 18.40 1.90 0.30 100.00 79.40 10.80

Don’t know/
* * * * * 100.00 * *
missing

Place of
delivery
Health
19.80 79.30 0.60 0.10 0.20 100.00 99.10 10.70
facility
Elsewhere 0.60 9.40 71.40 15.50 3.10 100.00 10.00 0.00
Type of
residence
Urban 13.50 53.40 29.90 3.20 0.10 100.00 66.80 7.20

Rural 3.40 29.10 57.70 7.10 2.70 100.00 32.50 1.30

Nomadic 1.00 6.00 64.60 23.90 4.50 100.00 7.00 0.40

Region

Awdal 4.70 51.50 36.30 7.00 0.50 100.00 56.20 2.50

Marodijeh 14.20 49.30 32.00 3.00 1.50 100.00 63.50 6.10

Sahil 5.40 43.00 35.00 14.30 2.30 100.00 48.30 4.70

Togdheer 7.90 30.00 46.80 13.30 2.00 100.00 37.90 5.00

Sool 2.10 17.10 59.90 16.20 4.70 100.00 19.20 1.20

Sanaag 2.90 19.10 65.30 11.20 1.70 100.00 21.90 0.80

Education
No
4.60 27.40 53.00 12.40 2.60 100.00 32.00 2.40
education
 Primary 13.6 48.2 34.0 3.7 0.4 100.0 61.8 7.2

Secondary
Table 5.7 Caesarean20.6
section 69.2 10.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 89.8 12.9

Higher 33.7 60.1 6.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 93.8 6.2

 Higher 33.7 60.1 6.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 93.8 6.2

Wealth quintile
Lowest 1.4 7.8 62.3 24.8 3.7 100.0 9.2 0.6

Second 1.6 13.6 69.7 10.7 4.4 100.0 15.3 0.4

Middle 7.9 31.4 55.5 3.3 2.0 100.0 39.2 2.7

Fourth 8.2 47.7 39.6 3.6 0.9 100.0 55.9 4.3

Highest 15.0 60.9 21.6 2.3 0.1 100.0 75.9 8.5

Total 7.0 32.6 47.8 10.4 2.1 100.0 39.6 3.6

Note: If the respondent mentioned more than one person attending during delivery, only the most qualified person is considered in this tabulation.
1
Skilled provider includes doctor, nurse, midwife, and auxiliary nurse/midwife.
2
Includes only the most recent birth in the five years preceding the survey.
Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 un-weighted cases and has been suppressed
e of births assisted by a skilled provider, and the
DS 2020

Number of
births

596.00

3614.00

641.00

1970.00

2560.00

284.00

37.00

1389.00

754.00

539.00

9.00

1613.00

3237.00

2080.00

1329.00

1441.00

397.00

1154.00

254.00

1243.00

784.00

1019.00

3856.00
7.2 744
12.9 174
6.2 77
 6.2 77

0.6 1,394
0.4 742
2.7 542
4.3 907
8.5 1,266

3.6 4,850
n this tabulation.
 Table 6.2 Vaccinations by background characteristics
Percentage of children age 12-23 [18-29] months who received specific vaccines at any time before the survey (according to a vaccination card or the mother’s re
characteristics, SLHDS 2020

DPT-HepB-Hib Polio 1
Background
characteristics
BCG 1 2 3 0 1 2

Sex

Female 30.3 31 14.4 14.1 30.5 31.1 16.2

Male 32.2 33.4 14.7 13.2 32.7 33.4 15.7

Birth order

1 44.6 45.8 21.4 19.8 45.2 46.7 25.8

2-Mar 37.4 38.9 22.8 21.1 38 38.9 23.1

4-May 24 24.2 9.1 8.9 24 24.2 11.8

6+ 24.6 25.2 6.7 6.7 24.6 25.2 7.3

Type of
residence
Urban 43 43.6 18 17 43.4 43.7 20.2

Rural 31.9 32.5 16.5 15.9 31.9 32.3 17.6

Nomadic 6.1 8 5 4.4 6.4 8.4 5.6

Region

Awdal 43.9 44.6 10.2 9.5 43.9 43.9 14.3

Marodijeh 34.4 34.4 13.7 13.7 34.4 34.4 13.7

Sahil 42 42 23.9 22.9 42 43 27.4

Togdheer 37.7 37.7 17.2 15.7 37.7 37.7 20.1

Sool 17.7 19.4 10.4 10 18.6 19.8 10

Sanaag 18.7 21.9 14.1 12.8 19.6 22.1 15.5

Mother’s
education
No education 25.9 26.6 10.1 9.6 26 26.7 10.9

Primary 46.1 47.8 22.8 20.5 47.3 48.1 26.6

Secondary -60.6 -63.6 -42.4 -42.4 -60.6 -60.6 -45.5

Higher * * * * * * *

Wealth quintile

Lowest 8.4 10.3 7.5 6.9 8.8 10.4 8.1

Second 19.8 20.8 8.7 8.4 20.2 21.2 10

Middle 35.1 35.7 20.3 19.2 35.7 35.7 20.3

Fourth 35.1 35.1 13.3 13.3 35.1 35.1 15.9

Highest 49.4 50.2 21 19.5 49.6 50.2 23.1

Total 31.2 32.1 14.5 13.7 31.5 32.2 16

1 Polio 0 is the polio vaccination given at birth

2 BCG, measles, and three doses each of DPT and polio vaccine (excluding polio vaccine given at birth)

Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.

ording to a vaccination card or the mother’s report), and percentage with a vaccinationPercentage
card, by background
with a
vaccination
Polio 1 card
All basic Number of
Measles No vaccinations seenPercentag
vaccinations2 children
3 e
with a
vaccination
card seen
15.4 15 12.9 68.6 1.9 471

14.9 14.8 12.4 66.4 1.9 394

22 21.2 17.7 53.3 9.2 111

22.6 22.4 19.6 60.6 1.5 283

11.3 11.3 8.7 75.8 0.7 223

7 6.7 6.1 74.5 0.3 247

19.1 19 16.2 56.3 3 422

16.7 16.5 15.3 67.3 1.5 236

5.4 4.6 2.4 91 0.3 206

11.7 11.7 8.9 55.4 7 72

13.7 13.7 13.7 65.6 0 234

24.9 23.9 22.9 57 6 50

18.5 18.5 14.6 62.3 2.9 224

10 10 8.4 80.2 0.9 124

15.1 13.9 10.4 76.8 0.8 161

10.2 9.9 8.7 73 1 646

25.3 24.9 18.8 51.9 4.3 151

-45.5 -45.5 -39.4 -36.4 -15.2 51

* * * * * *

7.9 7.2 5.1 88.7 0.3 201

8.7 8.4 7.4 78.8 1.5 131

20.3 20.3 18.6 64.3 0.7 95

14 14 11.7 64.9 3 158

22.3 22.2 19.2 49.6 3.2 279

15.2 14.9 12.7 67.6 1.9 864

polio vaccine given at birth)

Table 7.2 Initial breastfeeding
Among last-born children who were born in the two years preceding the survey, the percentage who were ever breastfed and the
percentage who started breastfeeding within one hour and within one day of birth and a the percentage who received a prelacteal
feed, by background characteristics, SLHDS 2020
Among lastborn
children born in
Among lastborn children born in the past two years:
the past two
years:
Background Percent Percentage Percentage
Number Percentage who received a pre-
characteristics age who started who started
of lacteal
ever breastfeeding breastfeeding
lastborn
breastf within 1 hour within 1 day of
children
ed of birth birth1 feed2

Sex

Male 94.20 69.80 88.30 878.00 31.10

Female 93.10 67.80 84.80 717.00 33.70

Assistance at
delivery
Health
95.00 74.50 87.10 746.00 32.10
personnel3
Traditional
birth 92.30 64.60 86.10 672.00 31.30
attendant
Relative/
96.00 64.20 88.30 146.00 35.50
friend
Other * * * 7.00 *

No one -74.40 -37.20 -69.80 27.00 *

Place of
delivery
Health
94.80 72.80 86.20 656.00 32.50
facility
At home 92.90 66.10 86.70 939.00 32.00

Other * * * 3.00 *
Type of
residence
Urban 96.30 74.10 88.70 737.00 29.30

Rural 94.50 70.60 84.30 433.00 31.50

Nomadic 88.40 57.80 85.00 428.00 38.40

Region

Awdal 96.30 66.10 80.40 137.00 27.50

Marodijeh 94.40 65.30 78.70 395.00 31.10

Sahil 94.50 71.30 91.90 89.00 28.40

Togdheer 97.40 75.60 93.80 435.00 30.10

Sool 91.30 65.60 87.40 235.00 42.10

Mother’s
education
No
93.3 67.9 86.1 1201 31.90
education
Primary 96.9 72.8 91.9 287 33.70

Secondary 92.5 66.9 76.9 76 25.10

Higher -88.9 -70.4 -81.5 34 *

Wealth quintile

Lowest 92 61.2 86.4 427 36.50

Second 89.7 67.4 82.8 221 31.80

Middle 94.9 67.6 86.9 172 32.70

Fourth 96.7 79.6 94.6 318 22.00

Highest 94.6 69.4 82.8 461 35.70

Note: Table is based on lastborn children born in the two years preceding the survey
regardless of whether the children are living or dead at the time of interview.
1 Includes children who started breastfeeding within one hour of birth
2 Children given something other than breast milk during the first three days of life
3 Doctor/clinical officer or nurse/midwife/auxiliary midwife
An asterisk indicates that a figure is based on fewer than 25 unweighted cases and
has been suppressed.
Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases
ho were ever breastfed and the
entage who received a prelacteal
Among lastborn
children born in
the past two
years:
Number of
lastborn
children ever
breastfed

826.00

668.00

709.00

620.00

140.00

7.00

21.00

622.00

872.00

3.00

710.00

409.00

379.00

132.00

373.00

84.00

424.00

214.00

1121

278

70

28

393

198

163

308

435
 preceding the survey
e of interview.
of birth
st three days of life

weighted cases and

Table 12.10

Number of
Percentage Public Sector
households
who have
with
Background been
members
Character- sick and
who have
istics sought any Govern- 1Re-
been sick MCH/
advice or ment Hos- ferral Health
in the last HC
treatment pital Centre
month

Type of residence

Urban 75.3 419 19.3 2.0 2.4

Rural 63.6 234 19.7 2.4 9.6
Nomadic 33.1 119 (15.6) (0.5) (4.8)
Region
Awdal 58.7 60 (18.2) (4.0) (5.7)
Marodijeh 71.6 253 13.5 2.8 4.1
Sahil (64.8) 46 (31.8) (0.7) (10.3)
Togdheer 74.0 196 21.6 0 3.0
Sool 51.2 106 17.5 2.9 4.2
Sanaag 52.7 112 22.1 1.6 8.5
Wealth
quintile
Lowest 42.6 216 19.7 0.0 4.6
Second 63.7 76 (23.9) (4.6) (6.6)
Middle 60.7 116 21.9 2.1 9.0
Fourth 78.8 172 16.4 4.4 3.3
Highest 81.9 192 16.1 0.6 3.8
Total 65.2 772 18.8 1.9 5.0
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
Figures in
parentheses
are based on
 Private Medical Sector Other Source Number of
Percent- age households
Private who with
Public Sector Hos- members
Pharmacy Other Shop Others have been been sick
Other
pital/ Private sick and in the last
Primary
MCH/ Mo- bile Other Public Medical did not month and
Private
Health Clinic Sector Sector seek any seeked
Clinic/
Unit
Phar- advice or advice or
Medical
treatment treatment
Doctor
macy
Sector

1.9 0.1 2.0 48.1 5.3 6.7 0.0 1.3 24.7 316
1.6 1.0 0.0 22.4 10.2 0.7 0.0 1.2 36.1 149
(1.4) (0.5) 0.0 (8.5) (0.8) (0.5)' 0.0 (2.3) (66.9) 39

0.0 0.0 (1.5) (23.8) (9.1) (1.5) 0.0 (2.3) (41.3) 35

2.8 0.0 2.1 49.2 1.3 6.4 0.0 0.0 28.4 181
(3.6) 0.0 0.0 (14.1) (14.8) (0.9) 0.0 (2.6) (35.2) 30
0.6 0.0 1.1 41.5 9.1 5.1 0.0 1.1 26.0 145
1.8 1.8 0.0 20.7 6.4 2.3 0.0 2.4 48.2 54
1.4 1.6 0.0 14.4 6.3 0.6 0.0 3.0 47.3 59

1.3 0.6 0.0 12.1 4.5 0.6 0.0 2.0 57.4 92

(0.8) 0.0 0.0 (19.3) (12.8) 0.0 0.0 0.0 (36.3) 48
0.9 1.1 0.0 20.7 9.0 9.2 0.0 0.5 38.8 70
1.8 0.3 0.0 51.8 5.4 2.9 0.0 2.6 21.2 135
3.0 0.3 4.4 57.5 4.1 7.1 0.0 0.7 18.1 158
1.7 0.5 1.1 34.2 6.1 4.0 0.0 1.4 34.7 504
ed cases.
 Table 12.11 Amount in health expenses

Amount of money that households incurred for health services in the last month by ba
characteristics, SLHDS 2020

Amount in health expenses (US $)

Type of
### 50-99 100 -199 200- 299
residence

Urban 26.30 28.40 17.50 7.00

Rural 30.40 27.20 19.20 4.50
Nomadic -18.20 -27.30 -18.20 -13.60
Region of
residence
Awdal -33.30 -15.40 -23.10 -10.30
Marodije
21.40 29.30 21.10 9.20
h
Sahil 34.90 19.90 22.90 9.30
Togdheer 30.40 34.70 11.90
Sool 33.20 17.90 20.20 13.70
Sanaag 21.10 25.90 16.10 6.60
Total 26.70 27.90 18.10 6.70
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49
unweighted cases.
alth services in the last month by background

Number of
households

300+ Total

20.80 100.00 301.00

18.70 100.00 127.00
-22.70 -100.00 31.00

-17.90 100.00 30.00

19.00 100.00 178.00

13.00 100.00 25.00

22.90 100.00 131.00
14.90 100.00 45.00
30.30 100.00 50.00
20.60 100.00 459.00
Percentage distribution of financial sources used for health services by households in the last month

SLHDS 2020

Background Financial sources for health services

characterist
ics
Income Insurance Savings Borrowing

Type of
residence
Urban 51.1 2 2.8 13.2
Rural 43.9 2.1 0.5 19.7
Nomadic -37.5 0 -4.2 -20.8
Region
Awdal (65.9) 0.0 (7.3) (12.2)
Marodijeh 45.5 3.9 0.0 3.9
Sahil 55.7 0.0 0.0 20.0
Togdheer 47.8 0.8 5.0 27.1
Sool 33.2 0.0 2.7 10.5
Sanaag 56.1 1.2 0.0 31.7
Wealth
quintile
Lowest 46.2 0.0 0.8 19.7
Second (38.3) (2.1) (2.1) (23.4)
Middle 38.8 0.0 4.5 14.6
Fourth 42.2 0.5 2.3 19.0
Highest 59.8 4.7 2.1 8.4
Total 48.2 1.9 2.2 15.7
Note: Figures in parentheses are based on 25-49 unweighted cases.
Figures in
parenthes
es are
es by households in the last month by background characteristics,

health services
Number of
households
Relatives/
Sold Assets Other
Friends

17.6 4.9 4.5 304

16.6 13.4 3.3 134
-22.9 -22.9 -16.7 34

(19.5) (17.1) (2.4) 32

7.2 2.1 6.3 179
20.5 8.2 7.9 27
29.1 14.2 1.8 134
18.1 10.4 7.9 48
21.4 10.7 6.0 53

17.0 17.1 7.3 83

(25.5) (10.6) (6.4) 42
22.6 13.0 3.1 64
17.6 4.3 1.6 133
14.0 5.7 7.2 151
17.8 8.6 5.0 472
weighted cases.