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Table 1 Description of the study sample by countries

From: Spatial Heterogeneity and association between the survey-based Women’s Empowerment Index (SWPER) and unmet need for birth spacing in sub-Saharan Africa

Country

Sample

Percentage

Angola 2015–16

6,639

4.02

Benin 2017–18

7,924

4.8

Burundi 2016–17

9,734

5.89

Cameroon 2018

7,486

4.53

Ethiopia 2016

8,796

5.33

Gambia 2019–20

5,128

3.1

Guinea 2018

4,949

3

Liberia 2019–20

3,509

2.12

Madagascar 2021

10,043

6.08

Mali 2018

5,367

3.25

Mauritania 2019–21

6,017

3.64

Malawi 2015–16

14,035

8.5

Nigeria 2018

21,050

12.74

Rwanda 2019–20

8,405

5.09

Sierra Leone 2019

7,102

4.3

Senegal 2019

4,044

2.45

Tanzania 2015–16

7,380

4.47

Uganda 2016

9,920

6.01

South Africa 2016

4,495

2.72

Zambia 2015

7,349

4.45

Zimbabwe 2015

5,816

3.52

Total

165,188

100