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. 2020 Oct 30;28(2):1832291. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1832291

Table 1. State-level socio-demographic indicatorsa .

  Ethiopia Malawi Zambia
GDP capita ppp$ [2018]10 2,018 1,308 4,216
% population urban11 19.4 16.3 41.9
Poverty headcount ratio [below $./day] (WB)10 30.8
[2015]
70.3
[2016]
57.5
[2015]
Total population median age [2015] [years]12 18.3 17.2 16.7
% population aged below 15 years12 42.2 45.1 46.2
Median age at first sex [females aged 25–49] 16.6 16.8 16.6
% women aged 15–24 married by exact age      
15 14.1 9.0 5.2
20 57.8 66.3 46.5
Median age in years at first marriage [females aged 25–49] 17.1 18.2 19.1
Very young adolescent [10–14] fertility rate 1.0 3.0 3.0
Adolescent [15–19] fertility rate 80 136 135
Total fertility rate [females aged 15–49] 4.6 4.4 4.7
% sexually active unmarried women aged 20–24 using modern contraception 47.0 43.7 47.6

a Unless otherwise specified, data from most recent DHS: Ethiopia (2016), Malawi (2015–2016), Zambia (2018).