Country (Survey Year) | Percentage Distributions (%) | Total sample | |||||
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Had first birth at 25+ years | Residing in an urban place of residence | Can read all words | Attained secondary or higher education | Has a second premarital birth | Married before a second premarital birth | ||
Central Africa | |||||||
 Angola 2015–16 | 6.29 | 70.75 | 43.46 | 43.74 | 40.29 | 40.71 | 4734 |
 Chad 2014–15 | 3.47 | 28.94 | 21.72 | 20.28 | 29.71 | 55.08 | 625 |
East Africa | |||||||
 Burundi 2016–17 | 10.68 | 19.84 | 64.36 | 27.23 | 19.56 | 49.33 | 1221 |
 Congo DRC 2013–14 | 6.75 | 44.14 | 61.55 | 54.51 | 27.73 | 42.31 | 1822 |
 Ethiopia 2016 | 10.39 | 20.19 | 19.89 | 9.95 | 27.58 | 61.21 | 624 |
 Kenya 2014 | 5.84 | 40.30 | 82.22 | 41.16 | 20.69 | 58.90 | 6107 |
 Rwanda 2014–15 | 11.76 | 24.92 | 69.59 | 21.70 | 23.54 | 36.48 | 1454 |
 Tanzania 2015–16 | 5.70 | 40.97 | 75.59 | 21.10 | 24.00 | 56.39 | 2188 |
 Uganda 2016 | 4.28 | 30.41 | 57.83 | 37.38 | 29.77 | 53.45 | 3065 |
Southern Africa | |||||||
 Lesotho 2014 | 8.36 | 41.83 | 89.05 | 60.18 | 25.23 | 45.08 | 1068 |
 Malawi 2015–16 | 2.75 | 22.77 | 66.71 | 31.52 | 21.98 | 61.36 | 3321 |
 Namibia 2013 | 11.21 | 55.77 | 89.60 | 75.39 | 51.88 | 20.42 | 4532 |
 South Africa 2016 | 11.79 | 65.79 | 87.20 | 88.95 | 47.11 | 24.05 | 4667 |
 Zambia 2013–14 | 3.49 | 47.42 | 67.28 | 54.09 | 22.98 | 53.49 | 3444 |
 Zimbabwe 2015 | 6.59 | 35.69 | 85.49 | 69.77 | 26.83 | 57.01 | 1497 |
West Africa | |||||||
 Ghana 2014 | 9.38 | 55.55 | 41.47 | 65.92 | 28.29 | 45.13 | 1342 |
 Guinea 2018 | 9.47 | 44.68 | 17.01 | 23.59 | 30.24 | 45.81 | 1047 |
 Liberia 2013 | 3.81 | 64.02 | 47.81 | 45.75 | 35.01 | 38.14 | 2464 |
 Sierra Leone 2013 | 6.72 | 50.57 | 43.79 | 42.99 | 34.03 | 33.19 | 2534 |
 Togo 2013–14 | 10.87 | 50.49 | 41.28 | 35.66 | 18.42 | 60.27 | 1025 |
 Benin 2017–18 | 9.76 | 46.98 | 26.45 | 24.30 | 30.39 | 54.94 | 1962 |
 The Gambia 2013 | 4.40 | 71.03 | 51.66 | 49.91 | 25.08 | 49.84 | 693 |
 Mali 2018 | 6.33 | 39.81 | 27.92 | 32.37 | 24.56 | 60.32 | 1125 |
 Nigeria 2018 | 12.66 | 52.20 | 33.75 | 57.50 | 32.97 | 51.14 | 3560 |
 Senegal 2017 | 12.99 | 61.60 | 45.96 | 33.73 | 22.32 | 50.68 | 1098 |