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Table 1 Demographic context of adolescents in study countries

From: Are rhetorical commitments to adolescents reflected in planning documents? An exploratory content analysis of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Global Financing Facility country plans

First wave countries

% of population 10–19

% female secondary school completion

% male secondary school completion

% Women married/in union by age 15

% Women married/in union by age 18

Bangladesh

20

26

31

22

59

Cameroon

23

12

18

10

31

DRC

23

21

30

10

37

Ethiopia

25

12

13

14

40

Guatemala

23

–

–

6

30

Kenya

23

38

44

4

23

Liberia

23

9

18

9

36

Mozambique

24

4

8

14

48

Nigeria

23

42

57

18

44

Uganda

25

13

18

10

40

Tanzania

23

2

4

5

31

 

(2016)

(2016)

(2016)

(2010–2017)

(2010–2017)

  1. Data sources
  2. % of population 10–19: United Nations Population Division population.un.org/wpp/ (Accessed 25 Sept 2018)
  3. Secondary school completion rate: United Nations Children’s Fund Global databases data.unicef.org/topic/education/overview/ (Accessed 25 Sept 2018)
  4. % women married/in union by age 15 or 18: United Nations Children’s Fund Global databases data.unicef.org (Accessed 25 Sept 2018)