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Table 1 List of countries included, sample size, and survey year/period

From: Contraceptive use pattern based on the number and composition of children among married women in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis

Country (year)

Unweighted sample (n = 48,699)

Percentage (%)

Weighted sample (49,184)

Percentage (%)

Angola (2015/16)

463

0.95

460

0.94

Benin (2017/18)

1,979

4.06

1,939

3.94

Burundi (2016/17)

3,019

6.2

3,038

6.18

Cameroon (2018)

1,390

2.85

1,382

2.81

Ethiopia (2016)

2,586

5.31

3,335

6.78

Gambia (2019/20)

1,297

2.66

1,188

2.41

Guinea (2018)

1,293

2.66

1,255

2.55

Liberia (2019/20)

920

1.89

764

1.55

Madagascar (2021)

3,475

7.14

3,615

7.35

Malawi (2015/16)

1,485

3.05

1,603

3.26

Mali (2018)

1,674

3.44

1,600

3.25

Mauritania (2019/20)

6,803

13.97

6,934

14.10

Nigeria (2018)

6,604

13.56

6,434

13.08

Rwanda (2019/20)

2,430

4.99

2,411

4.90

Senegal (2019)

2,365

4.86

2,286

4.65

Sierra Leone (2019)

1,000

2.05

1,026

2.09

Tanzania (2015/16)

1,640

3.37

1,698

3.45

Uganda (2016)

2,304

4.73

2,211

4.49

South Africa (2016)

1,122

2.3

1,184

2.41

Zambia (2018)

2,598

5.33

2,584

5.25

Zimbabwe (2015)

2,252

4.62

2,237

4.55