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Table 1 Countries for analysis and years of survey with proportion of ages with terminal digit 0 or 5

From: Trends in Demographic and Health Survey data quality: an analysis of age heaping over time in 34 countries in Sub Saharan Africa between 1987 and 2015

Country Year of survey
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Benin            0.23      0.32      0.36      0.34     
Burkina Faso         0.25       0.27     0.27        0.26      
Burundi   0.23                        0.26      
Cameroon       0.26        0.26       0.26        0.26     
Chad             0.36        0.34            0.41
Comoros            0.26                 0.28    
Congo                     0.23        0.21    
Cote dIvoire          0.26      0.25              0.23    
DRC                       0.23        0.23  
Ethiopia                0.30      0.37       0.35     
Gabon                0.23             0.20    
Gambia                             0.28   
Ghana    0.31      0.28      0.28      0.25      0.27       0.25  
Guinea               0.32       0.36        0.33    
Kenya     0.27     0.24      0.24      0.23      0.25       0.24  
Lesotho                    0.21      0.22      0.21  
Liberia 0.27                      0.24       0.24   
Madagascar        0.24      0.24        0.23      0.25       
Malawi        0.23         0.25     0.24       0.23      
Mali   0.23          0.31      0.31      0.34        0.34   
Mozambique             0.24       0.23         0.23     
Namibia        0.22         0.22        0.20       0.21   
Niger        0.36       0.33         0.37       0.37    
Nigeria      0.44              0.35      0.36      0.35   
Rwanda        0.23         0.24      0.22    0.23   0.22      0.22
Sao Tome and Principe                         0.20       
Senegal 0.23       0.28      0.23         0.27       0.29 0.27   0.26  
Sierra Leone                        0.37      0.34   
Swaziland                      0.21          
Tanzania        0.25     0.24    0.26       0.25      0.25      
Togo    0.27           0.28                 0.29  
Uganda     0.25       0.26       0.26      0.24      0.25     
Zambia        0.20     0.20      0.21       0.22        0.22  
Zimbabwe    0.23       0.23      0.22        0.21      0.22     
  1. Figure within table indicate proportion of responses ending in 0 or 5
  2. Values within table above 0.20 indicate digit preference for 0 or 5
  3. Empty spaces within table indicate survey not carried out in that year
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