Table 1: Descriptive of data.

 

Senegal

Description of countries**

 

Population (n)

16,209,125

Area in Km2 (% water body)

196,722 (2.1%)*

Density (persons/km2)

82

Gross Domestic Products (USD/ persons)

1033

Human Development Index

0.505

Agriculture (% population)

16

Population below poverty line (%)

33

Gini index for income inequality

40.3 (2011)

Description of DHS data used

 

Year of survey

2019

Sample size (N = number of households)

4538

Proportion of urban population

29.1%

Wealth level of households***:

-Poorest

-Poor

-Middle

-Richer

-Richest

 

30.6%

26.1%

19.1%

14.2%

10.0%

Household where all under 5 children sleeping under ITN

 

58.7%

Households with ITN

88.6%

*: 530 km of coasts; **: Data from World Bank [15] and from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) [16]; ***: Construction of wealth quintiles in DHS data is based on some considerations of household population. Information such as water supply, type of vehicle, type of flooring, radio, television, refrigerator, electricity, domestic servants, ownership of agricultural land, sanitation facilities, or country-specific items were used to determine wealth level.