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Table 1 Description of the study sample

From: Rural–urban disparities in caesarean deliveries in sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate non-linear decomposition modelling of Demographic and Health Survey data

Countries

Year of survey

Weighted N

Weighted %

1. Angola

2015–16

5463

3.40

2. Burkina Faso

2010

10,046

6.26

3. Benin

2018

7,721

4.81

4. Burundi

2016–17

7,847

4.89

5. DR Congo

2013–14

8,876

5.53

6. Congo

2011-12

4,205

2.62

7. Cote d'Ivoire

2011–12

3,982

2.48

8. Cameroon

2018

5,045

3.14

9. Ethiopia

2016

7,066

4.40

10. Gabon

2012

2,187

1.36

11. Ghana

2014

3,400

2.12

12. Gambia

2019–20

4,437

2.76

13. Guinea

2018

4,858

3.03

14. Kenya

2014

5,487

3.42

15. Comoros

2012

1,471

0.92

16. Liberia

2019–20

2,452

1.53

17. Lesotho

2014

1,975

1.23

18. Mali

2018

5,776

3.60

19. Malawi

2015–16

10,995

6.85

20. Nigeria

2018

19,850

12.37

21. Namibia

2013

1,303

0.81

22. Sierra Leone

2019

5,108

3.18

23. Senegal

2010–11

6,343

3.95

24. Chad

2014–15

3,028

1.89

25. Togo

2013–14

4,270

2.66

26. Uganda

2016

7,921

4.94

27. Zambia

2018

5,212

3.25

28. Zimbabwe

2015

4,178

2.60

All countries

2010–2020

160,502

100.00