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Table 1 A detailed description of the study sample used for the study

From: Fertility decision and its associated factors in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel multinomial logistic regression analysis

Country

Unweighted frequency

(N = 285,398)

Percentage (%)

Weighted frequency

(N = 284,744)

Percentage (%)

Western Africa

121,769

42.67

121,052

42.51

Burkina Faso

12,953

4.54

13,127

4.61

Benin

10,789

3.78

10,794

3.79

Cote d’Ivoire

6191

2.17

6048

2.12

Ghana

5177

1.81

5035

1.77

Gambia

7908

2.77

7370

2.59

Guinea

7325

2.57

7266

2.55

Liberia

4502

1.58

4077

1.43

Mali

7860

2.75

8143

2.86

Nigeria

28,035

9.82

28,341

9.95

Niger

9210

3.23

9591

3.37

Sierra Leone

9437

3.31

9339

3.28

Senegal

6247

2.19

5877

2.06

Togo

6135

2.15

6046

2.12

Eastern Africa

103,256

36.18

104,218

36.60

Burundi

9344

3.27

9578

3.36

Ethiopia

9558

3.35

10,017

3.52

Kenya

8623

3.02

8325

2.92

Comoros

3040

1.07

2988

1.05

Madagascar

11,559

4.05

11,697

4.11

Malawi

14,063

4.93

14,104

4.95

Mozambique

8551

3.00

8845

3.11

Rwanda

6725

2.36

6820

2.4

Tanzania

7748

2.71

7741

2.72

Uganda

10,815

3.79

10,654

3.74

Zambia

7328

2.57

7399

2.6

Zimbabwe

5902

2.07

6050

2.12

Central Africa

51,296

17.97

50,431

17.71

Angola

7594

2.66

7519

2.64

DR Congo

11,847

4.15

11,534

4.05

Congo

6282

2.20

5898

2.07

Cameroon

6997

2.45

7298

2.56

Gabon

4429

1.55

4228

1.49

Sao Tome & Principe

1705

0.60

1674

0.59

Chad

12,442

4.36

12,280

4.31

Southern Africa

9,077

3.18

9,043

3.18

Lesotho

3505

1.23

3505

1.23

Namibia

3022

1.06

2816

0.99

South Africa

2550

0.89

2722

0.96