Table 1 Characteristics of women in Demographic Health Surveys across countries
Country | Na | Mean age (years) | Urban residents (%) | Lowest house-hold wealth quintile (%) | Highest house-hold wealth quintile (%) | No education (%) | Mean value of total children ever born |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benin, 2006 | 16071 | 28.93 | 45.6 | 17.1 | 23.8 | 60.0 | 2.77 |
Burkina Faso, 2010 | 8503 | 28.72 | 26.7 | 18.2 | 24.4 | 74.0 | 3.27 |
Burundi, 2010 | 4616 | 27.74 | 10.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 45.4 | 2.74 |
Cameroon, 2011 | 7872 | 27.82 | 54.0 | 15.8 | 24.3 | 19.0 | 2.73 |
Chad | 3801 | 28.26 | 18.5 | NA | NA | 77.1 | 4.42 |
Comoros | 5155 | 27.68 | 33.4 | 16.3 | 22.0 | 31.2 | 2.19 |
Congo (Brazzaville) 2011-12 | 5480 | 28.48 | 66.8 | 17.7 | 20.3 | 5.7 | 2.54 |
Congo Republic, 2007 | 4763 | 28.52 | 45.0 | 18.7 | 21.9 | 22.1 | 3.08 |
Cote d’Ivoire, 2011-12 | 4694 | 28.20 | 49.6 | 18.0 | 23.6 | 54.4 | 2.70 |
Ethiopia, 2011 | 16065 | 27.70 | 23.3 | 18.2 | 25.1 | 51.0 | 2.91 |
Gabon, 2012 | 5408 | 28.68 | 88.4 | 14.8 | 21.9 | 4.5 | 2.35 |
Ghana, 2008 | 4822 | 28.99 | 48.5 | 15.8 | 23.1 | 21.2 | 2.33 |
Guinean, 2005 | 4756 | 28.16 | 35.0 | 17.5 | 22.5 | 66.4 | 2.95 |
Kenya, 2008 | 8295 | 28.44 | 25.3 | 16.5 | 26.2 | 8.8 | 2.68 |
Lesotho, 2009 | 3903 | 28.19 | 32.6 | 14.6 | 26.0 | 1.2 | 1.82 |
Liberia, 2007 | 6951 | 29.43 | 42.1 | 17.7 | 22.0 | 42.7 | 3.11 |
Madagascar, 2008-09 | 8389 | 28.84 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 24.2 | 19.2 | 2.88 |
Malawi, 2010 | 7554 | 27.95 | 19.6 | 16.9 | 24.4 | 15.2 | 3.06 |
Mali, 2006 | 5261 | 28.77 | 24.2 | 19.9 | 22.9 | 75.0 | 3.35 |
Mozambique, 2011 | 13619 | 28.58 | 34.5 | 19.0 | 23.4 | 31.3 | 2.90 |
Namibia, 2006-07 | 9446 | 28.31 | 47.7 | 16.9 | 22.9 | 6.7 | 1.92 |
Niger, 2006 | 5149 | 28.83 | 17.6 | 17.7 | 21.3 | 80.7 | 4.22 |
Nigeria, 2013 | 38263 | 28.81 | 42.1 | 18.2 | 22.8 | 37.7 | 3.07 |
Rwanda, 2010 | 6948 | 28.23 | 15.2 | 18.1 | 21.9 | 15.3 | 2.38 |
Sao Tome, 2008-09 | 2246 | 29.02 | 63.3 | 17.5 | 24.1 | 5.9 | 2.73 |
Senegal, 2010-11 | 5768 | 27.97 | 49.1 | 16.3 | 24.1 | 57.4 | 2.73 |
Sierra Leon, 2008 | 3487 | 29.26 | 34.7 | 18.4 | 21.4 | 67.8 | 3.08 |
Swaziland, 2006-07 | 4853 | 27.73 | 26.1 | 15.8 | 24.9 | 8.0 | 2.28 |
Tanzania, 2010 | 10002 | 28.58 | 28.4 | 16.7 | 23.6 | 18.9 | 2.89 |
Uganda, 2011 | 2666 | 27.94 | 20.6 | 17.3 | 25.7 | 12.2 | 3.43 |
Zambia, 2007 | 7037 | 28.08 | 42.1 | 17.5 | 25.0 | 10.4 | 3.04 |
Zimbabwe, 2010-11 | 8806 | 28.17 | 37.7 | 17.1 | 24.4 | 2.3 | 2.11 |