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. 2022 Jan 28;5:114. Originally published 2021 Jul 28. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/gatesopenres.13339.2

Table 4. MCPR by education by country with significant MCPR increase denoted by * next to most recent survey estimate confidence interval.

Country Survey No
education
Primary Secondary Higher
Bangladesh 2014 DHS 51 [48-53] 55 [53-57] 55 [54-57] 54 [51-57]
Bangladesh 2011 DHS 50 [48-52] 52 [51-54] 53 [51-54] 54 [51-57]
Burundi 2016-17 DHS 20 [19-22] * 25 [23-27] * 29 [26-32] 22 [15-31]
Burundi 2010 DHS 14 [13-16] 20 [18-22] 34 [29-39] 33 [23-46]
Ethiopia 2016 DHS 31 [28-34] * 39 [35-43] 51 [45-56] 51 [44-57]
Ethiopia 2011 DHS 22 [19-24] 34 [31-37] 53 [46-61] 57 [50-64]
Haiti 2016-17 DHS 28 [25-31] 33 [31-36] 33 [31-36] 27 [21-34]
Haiti 2012 DHS 28 [25-31] 32 [30-34] 33 [31-36] 31 [25-38]
Malawi 2015-16 DHS 54 [51-56] * 59 [58-60] * 59 [56-61] * 55 [49-62]
Malawi 2010 DHS 37 [35-40] 42 [41-44] 48 [46-51] 49 [39-60]
Nepal 2016 DHS 52 [49-54] 42 [39-45] 34 [32-37] 33 [31-36]
Nepal 2011 DHS 49 [46-52] 41 [37-44] 37 [34-40] 35 [30-40]
Pakistan 2017-18 DHS 23 [22-25] 29 [26-32] 30 [28-33] 30 [27-33]
Pakistan 2012-13 DHS 22 [20-23] 28 [25-32] 27 [25-30] 30 [27-34]
Senegal 2017 DHS 22 [20-23] * 34 [31-36] * 31 [27-34] 42 [33-51]
Senegal 2012 DHS 12 [10-13] 25 [21-28] 27 [21-34] 49 [30-68]
Sierra Leone ^/ ^^ 2017 MICS 18 [18-20] * 27 [24-30] * 32 [29-36] *
Sierra Leone ^^ 2011 MICS 7 [6-8] 14 [12-17] 23 [21-26]
Uganda 2016 DHS 23 [20-26] * 34 [33-36] * 40 [38-43] 43 [39-47]
Uganda 2011 DHS 16 [13-19] 25 [23-27] 36 [33-40] 45 [38-51]
Zimbabwe 2015 DHS 49 [37-62] 61 [57-64] 68 [66-69] 75 [70-80]
Zimbabwe 2010-11 DHS 42 [34-51] 53 [50-56] 60 [58-62] 67 [59-73]

^ No education includes some pre-primary education and ^^ secondary includes secondary and higher

MCPR, modern contraceptive prevalence rate; DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; MICS, Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.