Recalled school attendance among women was low in all
zones of Somalia, with only 25.2% reporting having been
exposed to any form of formal education. A history of formal
education was highest in the NEZ and lowest in the NWZ. A
breakdown of the levels of education exposure is given in Table
1. The average age of the sample of SAC was 7.9 y, with little
variation by stratum. There was also no significant difference in
the proportion of females by stratum.