Table 4.

Obstetrics-related characteristics of mothers in selected high fertility sub-Saharan Africa countries (n = 178,875): based on 2010–2018 DHS

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Ideal number of children	< 4	28,764	16.08
	≥ 4	150,111	83.92
Age at first cohabitation	< 18	105,031	58.72
	≥ 18	73,844	41.28
Number of living children	None	15,880	8.88
	1–2	55,138	30.83
	≥ 3	107,857	60.30
Ever had terminated pregnancy	Yes	27,224	15.23
	No	151,588	84.34