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. 2023 Sep 9;23:479. doi: 10.1186/s12905-023-02609-4

Table 3.

Distribution of average fertility preference among married and unmarried adolescents who were exposed to family planning messages in SSA countries (N = 87,950)

Country Married adolescents Not married adolescents p-value
Angola 4.0 3.7 0.066
Benin 4.4 4.1 0.025
Burkina Faso 4.9 3.9 0.000
Burundi 3.6 3.4 0.021
Cameroon 4.8 4.2 0.000
Chad 7.0 5.8 0.000
Congo DR 5.9 4.4 0.000
Cote d’Ivoire 4.5 4.0 0.011
Ethiopia 4.6 3.6 0.000
Ghana 3.8 3.6 0.114
Guinea 5.6 5.0 0.011
Kenya 3.2 3.1 0.250
Lesotho 2.5 2.1 0.029
Liberia 4.2 3.8 0.001
Madagascar 4.1 3.1 0.000
Malawi 3.1 2.8 0.000
Mali 8.9 7.9 0.359
Mozambique 3.7 3.1 0.000
Namibia 2.2 2.3 0.403
Niger 7.5 6.0 0.000
Nigeria 6.9 5.5 0.002
Rwanda 2.8 2.9 0.999
Senegal 5.8 4.4 0.000
South Africa 2.4 2.2 0.369
Tanzania 4.6 3.7 0.000
Uganda 4.2 3.9 0.000
Zambia 4.2 3.8 0.001
Zimbabwe 3.6 2.9 0.000
Total 4.8 3.8 0.000