Table 1.
Prevalence of planned, mistimed and unwanted pregnancies in sub-Saharan Africa.
| Country | Weighted N | Weighted % | Pregnancy Intention (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planned | Mistimed | Unwanted | |||
| Angola | 759 | 5.2 | 69.3 | 24.4 | 6.3 |
| Burundi | 924 | 6.3 | 59.2 | 28.4 | 12.4 |
| DR Congo | 810 | 5.6 | 72.5 | 23.5 | 4.1 |
| Cote d'lvoire | 523 | 3.6 | 78.8 | 18.0 | 3.2 |
| Cameroon | 425 | 2.9 | 72.4 | 22.6 | 5.0 |
| Ethiopia | 473 | 3.2 | 81.0 | 14.6 | 4.4 |
| Gabon | 436 | 3.0 | 65.6 | 27.1 | 7.3 |
| The Gambia | 402 | 2.8 | 83.7 | 14.9 | 1.5 |
| Kenya | 371 | 2.5 | 65.4 | 26.4 | 8.2 |
| Comoros | 224 | 1.5 | 68.3 | 26.5 | 5.2 |
| Mali | 460 | 3.2 | 85.3 | 12.3 | 2.5 |
| Malawi | 496 | 3.4 | 55.5 | 34.3 | 10.2 |
| Nigeria | 3,342 | 22.9 | 89.9 | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| Namibia | 91 | 0.6 | 66.0 | 24.7 | 9.3 |
| Rwanda | 202 | 1.4 | 63.8 | 25.5 | 10.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 414 | 2.8 | 80.9 | 11.6 | 7.6 |
| Senegal | 291 | 2.0 | 79.6 | 18.9 | 1.6 |
| Chad | 582 | 4.0 | 85.4 | 13.9 | 0.7 |
| Togo | 577 | 4.0 | 68.9 | 23.2 | 7.9 |
| Uganda | 909 | 6.2 | 59.8 | 32.8 | 7.4 |
| Zambia | 979 | 6.7 | 60.7 | 32.2 | 7.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 910 | 6.2 | 67.9 | 24.0 | 8.1 |
| All countries | 14,598 | 100.0 | 74.1 | 20.4 | 5.5 |
Source: Authors' computations.