Table 2 Background characteristics of the reproductive aged women from Sub-Saharan African countries
Variables | Weighted frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Region | ||
 Central Africa | 15,773 | 9.13 |
 East Africa | 85,064 | 49.23 |
 South Africa | 3993 | 2.31 |
 West Africa | 67,945 | 39.33 |
Residence | ||
 Urban | 51,551 | 29.84 |
 Rural | 121,224 | 70.16 |
Age (years) | ||
 < 20 | 8355 | 4.84 |
 20–35 | 122,256 | 70.76 |
 > 35 | 42,164 | 24.40 |
Education status | ||
 No | 65,016 | 37.63 |
 Primary | 59,436 | 34.40 |
 Secondary | 41,279 | 23.89 |
 higher | 7045 | 4.08 |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 8734 | 5.05 |
 Married | 151,912 | 87.92 |
 Divorced | 9680 | 5.60 |
 widowed | 2450 | 1.42 |
Wealth index | ||
 Poorest | 39,410 | 22.81 |
 Poorer | 38,144 | 22.08 |
 Middle | 34,889 | 20.19 |
 Richer | 32,274 | 18.68 |
 Richest | 28,059 | 16.24 |
Current working | ||
 No | 58,915 | 34.10 |
 Yes | 113,860 | 65.90 |
Media exposure | ||
 No | 96,962 | 56.12 |
 Yes | 75,813 | 43.88 |
Substance use | ||
 No | 161,851 | 99.03 |
 Yes | 1583 | 0.97 |
Preceding birth interval (months) | ||
 first birth | 21,550 | 13.77 |
 Short | 28,300 | 20.97 |
Optimum | 89,375.908 | 57.10 |
 Long | 17,299.056 | 11.05 |
Number of ANC visit | ||
 1–3 visits | 117,105.51 | 67.78 |
 ≥ 4 visits | 55,668.192 | 32.22 |
Sex of fetus | ||
 Male | 87,479 | 50.63 |
 Female | 85,296 | 49.37 |
Multiple pregnancy | ||
 No | 166,661 | 96.46 |
 yes | |6113 | 3.54 |
Contraceptive use | ||
 no | 118,179 | 68.40 |
 Yes | 54,596 | 31.60 |
History of terminated pregnancy | ||
 No | 150,500 | 87.11 |
 Yes | 22,274 | 12.89 |
Wanted pregnancy | ||
 No | 9685 | 6.52 |
 Yes | 138,870 | 93.48 |
Pervious delivery by CS | ||
 No | 158,427 | 95.21 |
 Yes | 7978 | 4.79 |
Parity | ||
 Primi | 21,550 | 12.47 |
 Multi | 107,674 | 62.32 |
 Grand | 43,551 | 25.21 |