Skip to main content
. 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 18.0 2897 12.9 56
Cameroon 5.1 3133 6.5 80
DR Congo 8.9 3247 4.2 83
Ethiopia 10.1 4005 9.1 104
Ghana 6.8 3197 2.0 58
Guinea 9.5 2525 1.8 56
Kenya 4.8 2314 5.2 73
Lesotho 3.8 1298 3.8 138
Liberia 5.9 4062 4.5 81
Malawi 4.6 2181 1.7 69
Mali∗∗ 13.1 3549 1.7 46
Niger 10.4 3636 14.0 53
Rwanda 4.0 3537 2.8 101
Senegal 7.2 2755 12.3 66
Sierra Leone 8.3 1969 7.0 59
Swaziland 2.0 1861 5.4 71
Zambia∗∗ 4.3 4149 14.1 86
Zimbabwe∗ 5.1 3423 8.6 189

∗Chi–Square p < 0.05; ∗∗Chi–Square p < 0.01.