TABLE 2.

Marital Status and Sexual Recency of Presumably Fecund Women Aged 15–49 Years Who Have Ever Had Sex, by Site

Burkina Faso (N=5,016) % (95% CI)Côte d'Ivoire (N=3,320) % (95% CI)DRC: Kinshasa (N=1,950) % (95% CI)DRC: Kongo Central (N=1,555) % (95% CI)Kenya (N=7,380) % (95% CI)Nigeria: Kano (N=738) % (95% CI)Nigeria: Lagos (N=1,126) % (95% CI)Niger (N=851) % (95% CI)Uganda (N=2,922) % (95% CI)
Currently married/cohabiting86.04 (83.8, 88.0)67.84 (64.6, 70.9)49.54 (46.1, 52.9)67.54 (62.4, 72.3)68.54 (67.0, 70.1)94.04 (90.7, 96.1)71.74 (68.6, 74.7)84.64 (80.4, 87.9)67.04 (61.0, 72.5)
Had sex in last month
    All women60.24 (56.3, 63.9)66.44 (63.7, 68.9)68.14 (64.9, 71.1)72.24 (68.7, 75.4)69.74 (68.2, 71.2)84.34 (80.9, 87.2)68.34 (65.0, 71.3)68.44 (63.0, 73.3)64.94 (58.6, 70.8)
    Married/cohabiting63.24 (58.9, 67.4)76.44 (72.8, 79.6)85.64 (83.4, 87.5)85.04 (81.0, 88.3)85.44 (83.9, 86.7)88.44 (84.6, 91.4)81.24 (78.2, 83.9)79.34 (73.2, 84.3)82.54 (79.0, 85.5)
    Not married/cohabiting41.54 (35.9, 47.2)45.24 (41.7, 48.8)50.94 (46.0, 55.9)45.54 (39.4, 51.6)35.54 (32.7, 38.4)20.94 (7.3, 47.0)35.54 (30.3, 41.1)8.84 (4.2, 17.6)29.24 (20.2, 40.3)
  • Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.