Table 2.

Overall description of the 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries, survey characteristics, and the sample included in this study.

Country	Survey year	Survey type	Income level	Female population aged 15–49	CHE (thousands)	GII	Number of womena
Belize	2015	MICS	Upper-middle	99,237	28.3	0.423	2549
Colombia	2015	DHS	Upper-middle	12,952,328	46.5	0.433	21,551
Costa Rica	2018	MICS	Upper-middle	1,309,299	91.1	0.291	4286
Cuba	2019	MICS	Upper-middle	2,574,011	101.2	0.304	6448
Dominican Republic	2014	MICS	Upper-middle	2,677,150	38.0	0.477	17,040
El Salvador	2014	MICS	Lower-middle	1,764,001	27.6	0.400	7127
Guatemala	2014	DHS	Lower-middle	4,167,459	22.3	0.511	11,719
Guyana	2014	MICS	Lower-middle	199,834	21.3	0.479	2825
Haiti	2016	DHS	Low	2,874,391	6.3	0.776	6521
Honduras	2011	DHS	Lower-middle	2,196,087	18.2	0.469	11,766
Mexico	2015	MICS	Upper-middle	33,378,761	55.0	0.347	7287
Paraguay	2016	MICS	Upper-middle	1,766,326	35.6	0.452	4485
Suriname	2018	MICS	Upper-middle	146,653	54.8	0.449	3862
Trinidad and Tobago	2011	MICS	High	364,206	89.9	0.359	1683

CHE = (GDP ∗ CHE%GDP), where: CHE–Current Health Expenditure; GDP–Gross Domestic Product per capita (current US$); CHE % GDP–CHE as percentage (%) of GDP.

GII–Gender Inequality Index.

^aUnweighted number of sexually active women analysed in each survey.