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Table 2 Knowledge of ovulatory cycle among women of reproductive age in Africa sub regions: evidence from DHS of 29 countries

From: Individual and community-level determinants of knowledge of ovulatory cycle among women of reproductive age in 29 African countries: a multilevel analysis

Sub region

Included country

Prevalence of ovulatory knowledge [Estimate [95% CI]]

Central Africa

Angola

15.5% [14.1–17.0%]

Congo

 

Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Cameroon

 

Gabon

 

Chad

 

East Africa

Burundi

21.3% [20.1–22.6%]

Ethiopia

 

Kenya

 

Comoro

 

Malawi

 

Rwanda

 

Tanzania

 

Uganda

 

Zambia

 

Zimbabwe

 

Southern Africa

Namibia

15.6% [14.5–16.8%]

West Africa

Burkina Faso

38.8% [37.0–40.7%]

Benin

 

Côte d’Ivoire

 

Ghana

 

Gambia

 

Guinea

 

Liberia

 

Mali

 

Niger

 

Sierra Leone

 

Senegal

 

Togo

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