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. 2011 Aug;73(3):436–446. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.042
Country Non orphan
Paternal orphan
Percent Cases Percent Cases
Burkina Faso 37.5 2897 37.7 56
Cameroon 30.9 3133 23.4 80
DR Congo 36.3 3247 34.2 83
Ethiopia 44.1 4005 49.5 104
Ghana 27.8 3197 28.0 58
Guinea 33.4 2525 33.9 56
Kenya 29.6 2314 20.8 73
Lesotho 32.8 1298 39.1 138
Liberia 32.8 4062 39.1 81
Malawi 46.4 2181 52.5 69
Mali 31.9 3549 39.7 46
Niger 49.3 3636 36.0 53
Rwanda 44.7 3537 49.5 101
Senegal 15.4 2755 13.6 66
Sierra Leone∗∗ 32.2 1969 16.9 59
Swaziland 22.0 1861 26.7 71
Zambia 37.8 4149 36.5 86
Zimbabwe 26.1 3423 31.5 189

∗∗Chi-Square p < 0.01.