Table 3.

Location and sampling methods of surveys included in the review

Country	Date of survey	Percent facility delivery	Area covered	Sample
Ethiopia [19]	December 2008–January 2009	10%	Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP and Tigray Regions	Cluster sample of 600 women with babies 0–11 months with random walk at village level
Ethiopia [31]	January 2012	29%	Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP and Tigray Regions	Cluster sample of 218 women with babies 1–7 months, screening all women in each cluster
Ghana [11]	2006	Not reported	Brong Ahafo Region (6 districts)	All 635 women who had a live birth in a 2-week period identified through a demographic surveillance system, interviewed 1–28 days after delivery
Ghana [40]	April 2008–May 2009	Not reported	Brong Ahafo Region (6 districts)	All 9167 women who had a live birth between April 2008 and May 2009 in the control area of a community newborn trial identified through a demographic surveillance system, interviewed 1–28 days after delivery
Ghana [25]	July 2003–June 2004	27%	Brong Ahafo Region (6 districts)	All 2878 women who had a live birth in a 2-week period identified through a demographic surveillance system, interviewed 1–28 days after delivery
Malawi [22]	2007	80%	Mzimba district	Cluster sample of 300 mothers with children aged 0–23 months old, with random walk at village level
Malawi [32]	November–December 2007 (baseline data)	71%	Thyolo, Dowa, and Chitipa districts	Cluster sample of 900 women with children 0–12 months old, with random walk at village level
Mali [29]	2008	31%	Kayes, Koulikoro, Ségou and Mopti Regions (4 districts in each)	Cluster sample of 840 mothers who had a live birth in the last 12 months (no information on village level sampling)
Mozambique [20]	2008	47%	Nampula Province (3 districts)	Cluster sample of 517 women who had a live birth in the last 12 months (no information on village level sampling)
Nigeria [47]	2011	Not reported	Kware town in Sokoto state	Systematic sample of 179 mother-infant pairs who were breastfeeding or had done so in the last 2 years; houses were numbered by the study team
Tanzania [21]	2007	41%	Southern Tanzania (5 districts)	Census of 22,243 women who had a live birth in the last 12 months
Uganda [18]	2007	41%	Northern, Western, Central and Eastern regions and two divisions of Kampala (2 districts in each)	Cluster sample of 1136 households with children under 6 months with village guide listing eligible households at village level District hospital and one randomly selected health centre in each district included in a health facility assessment (39 facilities)
Uganda [23]	October–December 2011	43%	Masindi and Kiryandongo districts	Cluster sample of 928 lactating women with babies 0–5 months, with village guides leading team to eligible women
Uganda [24]	2007	46%	Iganga-Mayuge district	All 414 mothers with infants aged 1–4 months identified through a Demographic Surveillance System
Sierra Leone [33]	2008	Not applicable	Nationwide	All 38 public, private, mission and NGO hospitals providing maternal and child health services, a systematic random sample of 55 community health centers and a convenience sample of 52 health posts from all regions of the country