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Table 1 Description of surveys and sample sizes

From: Maternal and child factors associated with timely initiation of breastfeeding in sub-Saharan Africa

Country

Survey year

Samplea

Sampleb

Samplec

Sampled

Angola

2015–16

14,322

3043

1402

1394

Burkina Faso

2017–18

15,044

2885

2972

2909

Benin

2010

13,407

4943

4417

4413

Burundi

2015–16

13,192

2591

2703

2609

Congo DR

2018

18,716

3704

3663

3452

Congo

2015

9329

2067

1064

1005

Cameroon

2012

11,732

2441

1568

1470

Ethiopia

2011–12

10,641

4016

4255

4096

Gabon

2013–14

6067

1682

235

212

Ghana

2016

5884

1218

1222

1171

Gambia

2012

8088

1677

1654

1596

Guinea

2013

7039

1447

1471

1429

Kenya

2014

20,964

7861

3581

3402

Comoros

2018

3149

1259

1253

1129

Liberia

2014

7606

1499

1310

1281

Lesotho

2014

3138

655

640

204

Malawi

2013

17,286

2207

1990

1878

Mali

2016

10,326

1960

2214

2138

Niger

2018

12,558

2283

2442

2334

Namibia

2013

5046

952

861

819

Rwanda

2012

7856

1524

1580

1526

Sierra Leone

2015

11,938

2150

2204

2108

Senegal

2017

12,326

1908

1764

1710

Chad

2013

18,623

4217

4287

4052

Togo

2016

6979

1395

874

838

Tanzania

2014

10,233

4163

4123

3964

Uganda

2016

15,522

1954

1924

1811

Zambia

2018

13,457

5043

2959

2793

Zimbabwe

2015

6132

2240

2355

2293

Total

 

316,600

74,984

62,992

60,038

  1. aAll children under-five; bchildren under 2 years; cchildren whose mothers had information on breastfeeding; dchildren whose mothers had complete information on all variables of interest