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Table 2 The demographic and health survey characteristics of children in Sub-Saharan Africa

From: Magnitude and determinants of breastfeeding initiation within one hour among reproductive women in Sub-Saharan Africa; evidence from demographic and health survey data: a multilevel study

Country

Survey year

Number study participants (n)

Percentage EIBF

Angola

2015–16

11,572

48.34

Burkina Faso

2010

14,662

43.26

Benin

2017–18

12,159

55.15

Burundi

2016–17

12,111

85.86

CDR

2011

17,780

51.78

Congo

2013

8,200

23.58

Cote d’ Ivoire

2011

7,258

27.21

Cameron

2018

8,999

54.20

Ethiopia

2016

10,053

73.12

Gabon

2012

4,146

38.42

Ghana

2014

5,698

55.62

Gambia

2013

7,471

53.57

Guinea

2018

7,453

45.09

Kenya

2013

20,508

66.35

Comoros

2012

2,218

36.74

Liberia

2013

7,091

59.68

Lesotho

2014

2,569

70.54

Mali

2018

8,795

66.54

Malawi

2015–16

16,400

81.00

Niger

2012

11,460

56.63

Nigeria

2018

4,051

74.47

Namibia

2013

7,679

79.62

Ruanda

2014–15

8,509

78.61

Serra Leone

2019

10,964

51.92

Senegal

2010–11

17,426

27.85

Chad

2014

6,683

59.04

Togo

2013–14

9,129

53.34

Tanzania

2014–15

14,409

67.76

Uganda

2016

3,291

75.63

South Africa

2016

8,841

78.57

Zambia

2018

4,267

58.19

Zimbabwe

2015

32,013

43.26

All

 

328,789

100%

  1. CDR Congo democratic republic