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Table 1 Basic descriptive information of study sample

From: Women’s empowerment indicators and short- and long-acting contraceptive method use: evidence from DHS from 11 countries

Country

Year of DHS survey

Frequency

Proportion not using modern contraceptive (%) 

Proportion using short term modern contraceptive (%)

Proportion using long term modern contraceptive (%)

Benin

2018

1625

23.14

31.31

45.55

Cameroon

2018

1466

26.44

54.81

18.75

Gambia

2020

1285

9.96

57.43

32.61

Guinea

2018

722

40.70

38.70

20.60

Liberia

2020

1265

4.99

75.87

19.14

Mali

2018

1252

6.02

49.26

44.72

Mauritius

2021

1072

10.60

72.34

17.06

Nigeria

2018

3795

33.81

40.04

26.15

Rwanda

2020

4664

11.53

43.68

44.79

Sierra Leone

2019

1922

2.66

63.15

34.19

Zambia

2018

3569

6.47

76.88

16.66

Total

22,637

15.95

53.38

30.67