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Table 2 Prevalence of condom use, other birth control method use other than condom and any birth control method use at last sex among school-going adolescents in nine sub-Saharan African Countries using 2012–2017 GSHS

From: The use of condoms and other birth control methods among sexually active school-going adolescents in nine sub-Saharan African countries

Country

Year

Ever had sex

Condom use at last sexual intercourse

Other birth control method other than condom at last sex intercourse

Any birth control method use at last sexual intercourse

 

Unweighted count

% (95%CI)

Unweighted count

% (95%CI)

Unweighted count

% (95%CI)

Unweighted count

% (95%CI)

Total(yes)

 

9463

42.6 (31.9–53.2)

4430

53.8 (43.9–63.8)

3242

39.5 (33.2–45.9)

4838

65.60 (57.5–73.7)

Sierra Leone(yes)

2017

917

38.9(37.1–40.7)

325

41.0(39.2–42.8)

376

49.3 (47.4–51.2)

430

64.0 (62.2–65.8)

Liberia (yes)

2017

1264

61.9 (60.1–63.7)

632

60.2 (58.4–62.0)

581

53.4 (51.5–55.3)

691

75.3 (73.7–76.9)

Benin(yes)

2016

1133

53.4 (51.5–55.3)

512

48.8 (46.9–50.7)

388

36.0 (34.1–37.9)

595

57.4 (55.3–59.3)

Ghana(yes)

2012

1117

36.9 (35.3–38.5)

402

47.6 (46.0–49.2)

367

40.8 (39.2–42.4)

478

62.3 (60.7–63.9)

Mauritius (yes)

2017

517

20.6 (19.2–22.0)

190

49.1 (47.3–50.9)

106

25.8 (24.2–27.4)

221

62.1 (60.4–63.8)

Mozambique(yes)

2015

993

57.4 (55.2–59.6)

596

75.0 (73.1–76.9)

374

48.5 (46.3–50.7)

551

79.4 (77.6–81.2)

Namibia(yes)

2013

2021

53.7 (52.2–55.2)

1272

75.8 (74.6–77.0)

733

42.9 (41.5–44.3)

1317

82.0 (80.9–83.1)

Seychelles(yes)

2015

833

40.4 (38.5–42.3)

373

50.5 (48.6–52.4)

197

26.1 (24.4–27.8)

412

60.8 (58.9–62.7)

Tanzania(yes)

2014

668

20.0 (18.7–21.3)

128

36.5 (35.0–38.0)

120

33.1 (31.6–34.6)

143

47.0 (45.4–48.6)