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Table of Contents
List of Tables vi
List of Figures xii
Preface xvi
CHAPTER 1
EVALUATION OF POPULATION SIZE AND COMPOSITION 1
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Methods of Evaluation 1
1.2 Coverage Evaluation 2
1.3 Composite Evaluation 4
1.4 Content Evaluation 4
1.4.1 Digit Preference 5
1.4.2 Age Ratios and Sex Ratios 6
1.5 Smoothing the Age Distribution 9
1.6 Summary 11
CHAPTER 2
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND SIZE 12
2.0 Introduction 12
2.1 Age and Sex Composition of Population 12
2.2 Total Population 16
2.3 The Growth Rate 16
2.3 Spatial Distribution of the Population 17
2.3.1 Population Distribution in Districts 17
2.4 Population Change 19
2.5 Density of the Population 20
2.6 Land Settlement Pattern 23
2.7 Summary 23
CHAPTER 3
YOUTH 24
3.0 Introduction 24
3.1 Age and Sex Characteristics of Youth 24
3.2 Household Composition and Headship 26
3.3 Literacy and Education of Youth 28
3.3.1 School attendance 28
3.3.2 Literacy 29
3.4 Marital Statuses of Youth 30
3.6 Childbearing 31
3.6.1 Childbearing and Marital Status of Youth 31
3.7 Economic Activity 32
3.8 Summary 34
CHAPTER 4
ELDERLY POPULATION 35
4.0 Introduction 35
4.1 Age and Sex Distribution of Elderly Population 35
4.2 Household Headship 39
4.3 Current Marital Status of Elderly Persons 41
4.4 Literacy Status of Elderly Population 42
4.5 Educational Attainment of Elderly Persons 43
4.6 Main activity of the Elderly Persons 44
4.7 Disability status of the Elderly Persons 44
4.8 Summary 45
CHAPTER 5
NUPTIALITY 46
5.0 Introduction 46
5.1 Marital Status of the Population 46
5.1.1 Marital Status and Sex 46
5.1.2 Marital Status and Age 47
5.1.3 Marital Status in Districts 50
5.1.4 Marital Status and Settlement Type 52
5.1.5 Marital Status and Employment 52
5.1.6 Marital Status and Education 53
5.2 Trends in Marital Status 55
5.3 Trend for Never Married Persons and Singulate Mean at first Marriage 55
5.4 Age at First Marriage 56
5.5 Survival Status of the First or only Spouse 58
5.5.1 Survival Status of the First or only Spouse and Sex of the Respondent 58
5.6 Summary 59
CHAPTER 6
FERTILITY 60
6.0 Introduction 60
6.1 Lifetime Fertility 60
6.2 Teenage Pregnancy 61
6.3 Childlessness 61
6.5 Current Fertility 63
6.6 Age pattern of fertility 64
6.7 Trends in Age pattern of fertility and fertility rates 64
6.8 Summary 66
CHAPTER 7
INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY 67
7.0 Introduction 67
7.1 Concepts and Definitions 67
7.2 Data and Methodology 68
7.2.1 Sex Ratio, Proportion of Children Ever Born and Surviving 68
7.2.2 Proportions of Children Dead 69
7.3 Trends in Early Childhood (Infant) Mortality 69
7.4 Level of Early Childhood (Infant) Mortality 70
7.4.1 Infant Mortality Rate and Sex of a Child 70
7.4.2 Infant Mortality Rate and Residential Status of the Mother 71
7.4.3 Infant Mortality Rate and Marital Status of the Mother 71
7.4.4 Infant Mortality Rate and Educational Attainment of the Mother 72
7.4.5 Infant Mortality Rate and Employment Status of the Mother 73
7.4.6 Infant Mortality Rate and Migratory Status of the Mother 74
7.4.7 Infant Mortality Rate and District of Mother 74
7.5 Socio-Economic and Demographic Differentials in Childhood Mortality 75
7.5.1 Child and Under-Five Mortality Rates and Residential Status of the Mother 75
7.5.2 Child and Under-Five Mortality Rate and Educational Attainment of the Mother 75
7.5.3 Child and Under-Five Mortality Rates and Marital Status of the Mother 76
7.5.4 Child and Under-Five Mortality Rates and Mother's District 76
7.6 Summary 77
CHAPTER 8
ADULT MORTALITY 78
8.0 Introduction 78
8.1 Definitions 78
8.2 Sources of Data and Methods of Estimation 78
8.3 General Measurement of Mortality 78
8.3.1 Deaths in the Household 12 Months Preceding the Census 79
8.3.2 Estimation of Adult Mortality from Orphanhood Data 83
8.3.3 Estimation of Adult Mortality from Widowhood Data 85
Figure 8.5: Proportion of Respondents with First Spouse Alive, 2016 PHC 86
8.4 Life Table for Lesotho 87
8.4.1 Residential Differentials in Life Expectancy 88
8.4.2 Trends in Life Expectancy 89
8.5 Summary 89
CHAPTER 9 90
MATERNAL MORTALITY 90
9.0 Introduction 90
9.1 Data and Methods 90
9.2 Definitions and Measurements of Maternal Mortality 91
9.3 Data Adjustments 92
9.4 Estimates of Maternal Mortality in Lesotho 92
9.5 Maternal Mortality Trend 94
9.6 Summary
CHAPTER 10
ORPHANHOOD 96
10.0 Introduction 96
10.1 Orphanhood Status 96
10.1.1 Orphanhood Status by District, Ecological Zones, Settlement, Age groups and Orphanhood Status. 96
10.1.2 Orphanhood status and sex 97
10.2 Orphans by Census Years 98
10.3 Type of Orphanhood 98
10.4 Demographic and Socio-Economic Status of Children and Orphans 99
10.4.1 Households with or without Orphans 99
10.4.2 Orphans' Relationship to Head by Type 100
10.4.3 Orphans' Type and Districts 100
10.4.4 Orphans by Age-groups and Type 101
10.4.5 Orphanhood Status and School Attendance. 101
10.4.6 Orphans and Occupation 102
10.4.7 Marital Status of orphans. 102
10.4.8 Female Orphans and Pregnancy Status 103
10.4.9 Female Orphans and Childbearing Status 103
10.4.10 Orphanhood Status and Disability Status 104
10.4.11 Orphans and Household Possessions. 104
10.4.12 Household and Main Type Dwelling of the Household. 105
10.5 Trend of Orphanhood Type 105
10.6 Summary 106
CHAPTER 11
DISABILITY AND ALBINISM 107
11.0 Introduction 107
11.1 Definition of Disability 107
11.2 Prevalence of Disability in Lesotho 108
11.2.1 Disability Prevalence at District and National Level 108
11.2.2 Disability Prevalence by Sex and Age 110
11.3 Social and Economic Characteristics of Disabled Persons 111
11.3.1 Educational Status of Disabled Persons 111
11.3.2 Marital Status of Disabled Persons 112
11.3.3 Economic Status of Disabled Persons 113
11.4 Causes of Disability 114
11.5 Use of devices 118
11.6 Access to Housing among Disabled Person 119
11.7 Albinism 120
11.8 Summary 124
CHAPTER 12
Internal Migration And Urbanization 125
12.0 Introduction 125
12.1 Lesotho Citizens inside the Country 125
12.2 Lifetime Migration 127
12.3 Inter-District Lifetime Migration 131
12.3.1 Net Migration Rate 133
12.3.2 Duration of Residence 134
12.3.3 Inter-Migration Rate 138
12.4 Period Migration 138
12.5 Urbanisation 144
12.6 Background Characteristics of Population in the Urban Centers 144
12.7 Summary
CHAPTER 13
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION 152
13.0 Introduction 152
13.1 Characteristics of Emigrants 152
13.1.1 Place of Residence in Lesotho 152
13.1.2 Country of Residence of the Emigrants 153
13.1.3 Age and Sex of Emigrants 154
13.1.4 Main Activity of Emigrants 155
13.1.5 Occupation of Emigrants 156
13.1.6 Educational Attainment of Emigrants 157
13.1.7 Marital Status of Emigrants 158
13.1.8 Duration of Stay outside the Country 159
13.2 Characteristics of Immigrants 160
13.2.1 Citizenship of Immigrants 160
13.2.2 Age and Sex of Immigrants 161
13.2.3 Residential Status of Immigrants 162
13.2.4 Educational Attainment of Immigrants 163
13.2.5 Occupation of Immigrants 164
13.2.6 Main Activity Status of Immigrants 165
13.2.7 Employment Sector of Immigrants 167
13.3 Summary 167
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