Subnational estimation of modern contraceptive prevalence in five sub-Saharan African countries: a Bayesian hierarchical approach

Table 1 Description of PMA2020 surveys in Ghana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Burkina Faso

Survey	Month/Year of fieldwork	# of regions	# of enumeration areas	# of women
Ghana
Round 1	Sep-Nov 2013	10	94	3460
Round 2	Mar-May 2014	10	94	3645
Round 3	Sep-Nov 2014	10	94	4251
Round 4	May-Jul 2015	10	94	4801
Ethiopia
Round 1	Jan-Mar 2014	11	183	5849
Round 2	Oct-Dec 2014	11	183	6013
Round 3	Apr-May 2015	11	183	6210
Round 4	Mar-Apr 2016	11	183	6165
Kenya
Round 1	May-Jul 2014	9	120	3729
Round 2	Nov-Dec 2014	9	120	4304
Round 3	Jun-Jul 2015	9	120	4364
Round 4	Nov-Dec 2015	9	120	4845
Uganda
Round 1	May-Jun 2014	10	109	3672
Round 2	Jan-Feb 2015	10	109	3562
Round 3	Aug-Sep 2015	10	109	3628
Round 4	Mar-Apr 2016	10	109	3705
Burkina Faso
Round 3	Mar-May 2016	13	83	3225
Round 4	Nov 2016-Jan2017	13	83	3167

Notes:
(1) Only enumeration areas covered in all four rounds (or two for Burkina Faso) are included in the analytical sample
(2) In this study region denotes the first-level administrative division under the national one. The exact name/definition varies across countries. It is called region in Ethiopia, Ghana, Uganda, and Burkina Faso and county in Kenya
(2) Ethiopia, Ghana, Uganda and Burkina Faso PMA2020 surveys covered all regions in the country; Kenya PMA2020 surveys covered 9 counties, selected from 47 semi-autonomous counties using probability proportional to size (PPS) approach

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