The very importance of population data in the formulation of government policies up to their implementation and monitoring can never be over-emphasized. Population data provides essential information which is used in the preparation of efficient and effective development programs for the welfare of the people. Lack of up-to-date and accurate data hinders any development of an area since data are important for evidence-based planning, program development, and project monitoring.
Recognizing this need as well as considering that the last census of population was carried out in 1979, the Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey (SDES) was conceptualized by the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the alternative way of collecting information that would address the data gap at the local level.
SDES was first conducted in Bamiyan Province with financial support of the Government of Japan and technical assistance of UNFPA. This was followed up by same survey in Ghor and Daikundi. SDES data highlights from Ghor indicate that there were more males than females in Ghor, with the males comprising 51.2 percent or a sex ratio of 105 males for every 100 females. This is a little lower than the sex ratio on record for the whole country, which was 106 males for every 100 females as reported in the National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Survey 2011-2012and lower than Bamiyan's recorded sex ratio in 2011 which was 107.
Half of the population of Ghor was aged 16 years or younger at the time of the survey, implying a young population in the province. The 5-9 year age group constituted the largest segment of the provincial population at 17.1 percent, followed by those younger than 5 years at 16.5 percent and the 10-14 year age group at 13.4 percent. The youth's population (aged 15-24 years) comprised 20.3 percent of the province's population, of which 50.8 percent were males and 49.2 percent were females. This distribution leads to a dependency ratio of 96 persons younger than 15 and older than 64 years for every 100 persons aged 15-64 years. This ratio, however, is lower than the recorded national dependency ratio of 104.
For the full text of the highlights for Ghor province, please click on this link "Ghor Province. Socio-demographic and Economic Survey. Highlights".
The same pattern was recorded from the Daykundi SDES data where there were more males than females in the population of Daykundi, with the males comprising 51.4 percent of the total population or a sex ratio of 106 males for every 100 females. This is the same sex ratio on record for the whole country but lower than Bamiyan's sex ratio.
Half of the population of Daikundi was aged 15 years or younger at the time of the survey. Just like in Ghor, the 5-9 year age group constituted the largest segment of the provincial population at 17.8 percent, followed by those younger than 5 years at 15.9 percent and the 10-14 year age group at 15.7percent. The youth's population (aged 15-24 years) comprised 20.6 percent of the province's population, of which 52.5 percent were males and 47.5 percent were females. This leads to a dependency ratio of 109 persons younger than 15 and older than 64 years for every 100 persons aged 15-64 years. This ratio, however, is higher than the national dependency ratio.
For the full text of the highlights for Daykundi province, please click on this link "Daykundi Province. Socio-demographic and Economic Survey. Highlights".
