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Table 1 Percent distribution of socio-demographic characteristics of women and calendar events, Senegal, 2015a

From: Women’s contraceptive discontinuation and switching behavior in urban Senegal, 2010–2015

Socio-demographic characteristics

%

Age

 15–19

3.9

 20–24

22.1

 25–29

21.3

 30–34

16.2

 35–39

13.5

 40–54

23.0

Education

 None/Koranic-only/missing

31.3

 Primary

31.5

 Secondary or higher

37.2

Parity

 Zero

34.9

 One-two

26.2

 Three-four

21.1

 Five+

17.7

City

 Dakar

41.4

 Pikine

11.0

 Guédiawaye

10.7

 Mbao

22.7

 Kaolack

7.5

 Mbour

6.8

Wealth

 Lower

42.2

 Middle

19.7

 Higher

38.2

Cluster-level

 Poor

48.0

 Non-poor

52.0

Calendar Events

%

Number of births per woman

 Zero

57.4

 One

29.1

 Two

12.0

 Three

1.4

 Four

0.0

Number of abortions, miscarriages, stillbirths per woman

 Zero

92.8

 One

6.4

 Two

0.7

 Three

0.1

Number of discontinuations per woman

 Zero

72.2

 One

19.2

 Two

6.8

 Three

1.5

 Four

0.3

 Five+

0.0

Total

100.0

  1. N = 6927
  2. aPercentages are weighted for survey design