Global Journal of Human Social Science, E: Economics, Volume 22 Issue 7

Region Central Copperbel Eastern Luapula Lusaka Muchinga Northern North West Southern Western Pooled Indicators Discuss family planning with health worker Yes 189 (42.19) 118 (34.91) 514 (55.63) 313 (50.08) 136 (45.95) 222 (39.08) 226 (46.89) 280 (52.83) 269 (41.38) 310 (54.39) 2577 (47.45) No 259 (57.81) 220 (65.09) 410 (44.37) 312 (49.92) 160 (54.05) 346 (60.92) 256 (53.11) 250 (47.17) 381 (58.62) 260 (45.61) 2854 (52.55) Literacy rate can't read at all 286 (31.29) 222 (41.97) 609 (54.62) 542 (56.22) 192 (38.10) 434 (51.30) 495 (57.89) 331 (44.79) 254 (28.10) 341 (43.16) 3706 (45.42) able to read part of sentence 175 (19.15) 85 (16.07) 117 (10.49) 121 (12.55) 83 (16.47) 135 (15.96) 96 (11.23) 91 (12.31) 135 (14.93) 118 (14.94) 1156 (14.17) able to read whole sentence 453 (49.56) 222 (41.97) 389 (34.89) 301 (31.22) 229 (45.44) 277 (32.74) 264 (30.88) 317 (42.90) 515 (56.97) 331 (41.90) 3298 (40.42) Visited health facility in the last 12 months Yes 448 (49.02) 338 (63.89) 924 (82.72) 625 (64.83) 296 (58.73) 568 (66.82) 482 (56.18) 530 (71.72) 650 (71.82) 570 (72.15) 5431 (66.47) No 466 (50.98) 191 (36.11) 193 (17.28) 339 (35.17) 208 (41.27) 282 (33.18) 376 (43.82) 209 (28.28) 255 (28.18) 220 (27.85) 2739 (33.53) Time/workload less than 30minutes 750 (83.24) 438 (86.05) 857 (82.01) 799 (85.73) 415 (84.87) 674 (82.50) 746 (88.28) 642 (88.92) 693 (77.69) 678 (87.37) 6692 (84.41) 31-60minutes 125 (13.87) 57 (11.20) 158 (15.12) 114 (12.23) 66 (13.50) 120 (14.69) 86 (10.18) 74 (10.25) 144 (16.14) 81 (10.44) 1025 (12.93) above 60minutes 26 (2.89) 14 (2.75) 30 (2.87) 19 (2.04) 8 (1.64) 23 (2.82) 13 (1.54) 6 (0.83) 55 (6.17) 17 (2.19) 211 (2.66) Type of cooking fuel wood and charcoal 847 (94.01) 491 (96.09) 1074 (98.44) 930 (99.04) 425 (86.73) 817 (100.00) 841 (99.41) 710 (97.53) 870 (97.42) 780 (99.74) 7785 (97.34) Solar power 7 (0.78) 2 (0.39) 8 (0.73) 1 (0.11) 4 (0.82) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 1 (0.14) 0 (0.00) 0 (0.00) 23 (0.29) Gas and Electricity 47 (5.22) 18 (3.52) 9 (0.82) 8 (0.85) 61 (12.45) 0 (0.00) 5 (0.59) 17 (2.34) 23 (2.58) 2 (0.26) 190 (2.38) Assessment of the Key Indicators and Dimensions of Women Empowerment in Rural Zambia © 2022 Global Journals Volume XXII Issue VII Version I 9 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2022 E