Table 1 Description of Family Size, Location, Nationality, Education and Employment of Female Heads of Households by Population – Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 2019 (N = 1,864)

Household Size

-

5.5 (5)

2–12

5.8 (6)

2–19

5.2 (5)

2–16

5.5 (6)

2–19

Household Age

24 (19)

0–87

24 (18)

1–82

22 (16)

1–85

24 (18)

0–87

Value

%

Value

%

Value

%

Value

%

Location

Dohuk

219

35.5%

237

35.7%

196

33.8%

652

35.0%

Erbil

205

33.2%

225

33.9%

193

33.3%

623

33.5%

Sulaimani

193

31.3%

202

30.4%

191

32.9%

586

31.5%

Nationality^a

Arabic

15

2.4%

360

54.2%

48

8.3%

423

22.7%

Kurdish

595

96.4%

288

43.4%

454

78.3%

1337

71.8%

Turkmen

5

0.8%

14

2.1%

2

0.3%

21

1.1%

Other

2

0.4%

2

0.3%

76

13.1%

80

4.4%

Education of Head of Household

None

112

18.2%

158

23.8%

154

26.6%

424

22.8%

Preschool

15

2.4%

18

2.7%

7

1.2%

40

2.2%

Primary

134

21.7%

230

34.6%

197

34.0%

561

30.2%

Secondary

131

21.2%

134

20.2%

136

23.5%

401

21.6%

Post-secondary

139

22.5%

80

12.1%

68

11.7%

287

15.4%

Higher

86

13.9%

42

6.3%

14

2.4%

142

7.6%

Don’t know

0

0.0%

2

0.3%

4

0.7%

6

0.3%

Employment of Head of Household

Unemployed

118

19.1%

265

39.9%

237

40.9%

620

33.3%

Agriculture

34

5.5%

40

6.0%

14

2.4%

88

4.7%

Medical

28

4.5%

18

2.7%

10

1.7%

56

3.0%

Military

56

9.1%

56

8.4%

13

2.2%

125

6.7%

Small business

106

17.2%

93

14.0%

95

16.4%

294

15.8%

Teacher/NGO

114

18.5%

70

10.5%

29

5.0%

213

11.5%

Trade or merchant

31

5.0%

13

2.0%

8

1.4%

52

2.8%

Other

111

18.0%

89

13.4%

169

29.1%

369

19.8%