Table 2 Demographic characteristics
Country | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Malawi | Mozambique | Rwanda | Senegal | Uganda | Zimbabwe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 |
Sample size | 2,490 | 1,042 | 1,353 | 414 | 1,211 | 505 | 428 | 459 |
Maternal Characteristics | ||||||||
Age (mean ± SE) | 29.5 | 30.0 | 27.6 | 28.4 | 30.0 | 31.6 | 28.9 | 28.2 |
(±0.2) | (±0.3) | (±0.2) | (±0.4) | (±0.2) | ± 0.4 | ± 0.4 | ± 0.3 | |
Number of living children | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
(mean ± SE) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | (±0.1) | ± 0.1 | ± 0.1 | ± 0.1 |
Primary education or higher (%) | 14.0 | 43.1 | 84.4 | 65.1 | 82.8 | 29.7 | 87.5 | 98.8 |
Religion (%) | ||||||||
Christian | 28.3 | 94.1 | 88.8 | 65.4 | 97.9 | 4.6 | 88.1 | 92.4 |
Muslim | 61.2 | 2.8 | 10.3 | 25.6 | 0.7 | 94.1 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
Other | 9.4 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 1.3 |
No religiona | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 8.0 | 0.7 | - | - | 6.1 |
Male Partner Characteristics | ||||||||
Age (mean ± SE) | 39.0 | 35.4 | 32.9 | 33.7 | 33.9 | 42.4 | 34.5 | 33.6 |
(±0.3) | (±0.3) | (±0.2) | (±0.6) | (±0.2) | (±0.5) | (±0.5) | (±0.4) | |
Primary education or higher (%) | 19.1 | 56.5 | 92.6 | 85.0 | 83.4 | 36.1 | 95.0 | 99.1 |
Household Characteristics | ||||||||
Urban residence (%) | 13.5 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 24.3 | 9.1 | 34.9 | 12.0 | 34.7 |
Wealth index (%) | ||||||||
Poorest | 18.9 | 19.3 | 16.7 | 26.8 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 18.0 |
Poorest | 22.6 | 22.9 | 25.0 | 24.5 | 22.6 | 26.2 | 22.1 | 17.4 |
Middle | 22.6 | 21.1 | 22.8 | 19.4 | 22.2 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 22.0 |
Richer | 24.7 | 20.1 | 19.7 | 17.1 | 22.2 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 22.3 |
Richest | 11.3 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 12.2 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 20.3 |