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Table 1 Sample size determination of early sexual initiation among youth females in each Sub-Saharan Africa: based on 2011–2021 DHS

From: Prevalence and associated factors of early sexual initiation among youth female in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of recent demographic and health surveys

Regions

Country

survey year

Un Weighted

Weighted Sample size

East Africa Countries

Burundi

2016/17

7,210

7,103

Comoros

2012

2,284

2,311

Ethiopia

2016

6,401

6,143

Kenya

2014

11,483

11,555

Malawi

2015/16

10,367

10,422

Mozambique

2011

5,533

5,515

Rwanda

2019/20

5,732

5,672

Tanzania

2015/16

5,399

5,387

Uganda

2016

8,058

8,086

Zambia

2013/14

6,726

6,631

Zimbabwe

2015

3,938

3,895

Angola

2015/16

6,423

6,492

Cameroon

2018

5,812

5,726

Central Africa countries

Chad

2014/15

6,884

6,992

DR Congo

2017/18

7,661

7,751

Congo

2011/12

3,963

4,227

Gabon

2012

3,407

3,421

Benin

2017/18

6,251

6,273

Ivory Coast

2011/12

3,984

3,976

Gambia

2019/20

4,769

4,814

Ghana

2014

3,327

3,238

West Africa Countries

Guinea

2018

4,267

4,363

Liberia

2019/20

3,124

2,765

Mali

2018

4,116

4,000

Mauritania

2019/21

6,388

6,403

Niger

2012

3,869

3,822

Nigeria

2018

15,267

15,282

Senegal

2019/20

3,612

3,561

Sierra Leone

2019

6,062

6,055

Togo

2013/14

3,337

3,364

Southern Africa Countries

Lesotho

2014

2,842

2,842

Namibia

2013

3,577

3,691

South Africa

2016

2,813

8,513

 

Total sample size

184,992

184,942