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Table 3 Fertility preference by country of SSA

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

Country

Fertility preference/desire for more children

No

Yes

Undecided

Angola

2475

3965

1079

 

32.91

52.74

14.35

Burkina Faso

3196

9677

254

 

24.35

73.71

1.94

Benin

2718

7153

923

 

25.18

66.27

8.55

Burundi

4394

5087

97

 

45.88

53.11

1.01

DR Congo

2730

8281

523

 

23.67

71.80

4.53

Congo

1113

4374

411

 

18.86

74.17

6.97

Cote d’Ivoire

1291

4500

257

 

21.35

74.40

4.24

Cameroon

1872

5084

342

 

25.65

69.67

4.69

Ethiopia

3713

5775

529

 

37.07

57.65

5.28

Gabon

1011

2865

352

 

23.93

67.75

8.33

Ghana

1873

2737

425

 

37.21

54.36

8.44

Gambia

1273

5833

264

 

17.28

79.14

3.58

Guinea

1351

5267

648

 

18.60

72.49

8.92

Kenya

4090

3966

269

 

49.13

47.65

3.23

Comoros

617

2247

124

 

20.65

75.21

4.14

Liberia

1431

2269

377

 

35.09

55.65

9.25

Lesotho

2024

1439

42

 

57.75

41.05

1.21

Madagascar

4989

6399

309

 

42.65

54.71

2.64

Mali

1724

6069

350

 

21.17

74.53

4.30

Malawi

6160

7190

754

 

43.68

50.98

5.34

Mozambique

2627

5710

508

 

29.70

64.56

5.74

Nigeria

7051

19,539

1751

 

24.88

68.94

6.18

Niger

828

8525

238

 

8.64

88.88

2.48

Namibia

1415

1261

140

 

50.25

44.78

4.97

Rwanda

3295

3432

93

 

48.32

50.32

1.36

Sierra Leone

2498

5418

1423

 

26.74

58.02

15.24

Senegal

1150

4638

89

 

19.57

78.93

1.50

Sao Tome and Principe

876

740

58

 

52.35

44.21

3.44

Chad

1596

9791

893

 

13.00

79.73

7.27

Togo

2012

3588

446

 

33.28

59.34

7.38

Tanzania

2113

5359

269

 

27.29

69.23

3.48

Uganda

3940

6383

331

 

36.98

59.91

3.11

South Africa

1515

1057

150

 

55.65

38.82

5.53

Zambia

2749

4251

399

 

37.15

57.46

5.40

Zimbabwe

2463

3364

223

 

40.71

55.61

3.68

  1. The first row has frequencies and the second row has row percentages