Table 1: Sample demographic characteristics by country.

Characteristics Mozambique 2003 Guinea 2012 Burundi 2010 Burkina Faso 2010 Sierra Leone 2013 Congo 2013
Sample size 7382 6733 5124 13797 9991 12400
Final say in health care (%)
Respondent alone 42.90% 7.40% 13.20% 8.20% 7.70% 10.10%
Respondent and husband 13.30% 26.30% 64.70% 16.30% 47.30% 36.40%
Husband alone 22.70% 65.30% 22.10% 74.50% 44.60% 52.90%
Someone else 21.00% 1.00% 0.10% 0.90% 0.40% 0.50%
Wife beating justified for going out without permission 35.20% 82.90% 47.00% 29.60% 54.00% 48.90%
Mean highest grade of education attained 3.4 3.8 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.6
Mean number of children 3 3 2.6 3.3 2.8 3.2
Mean age 28.5 28.6 27.6 28.8 28.3 28.3