Spatial accessibility to health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: comparing existing models with survey-based perceived accessibility

Table 1 General statistics of DHS datasets used in this analysis

Country name	Year(s) of the survey data collection	N. respondents	N. clusters	N. health facilities	% of respondents seeing distance as an obstacle when medical treatment needed	% of respondents living in a rural environment	% of respondents motorized
Angola	2015–2016	14379	624	1450	51.29	37.86	27.87
Benin	2017–2018	15928	537	823	30.93	55.77	62.82
Burundi	2016–2017	17269	552	666	33.50	78.74	5.11
Ethiopia	2016	15683	622	5175	44.70	65.89	3.43
Guinea	2018	10874	400	1519	47.53	62.83	32.48
Malawi	2015–2016	24562	849	642	51.09	78.64	6.44
Mali	2018	10519	328	1449	30.90	66.56	58.40
Nigeria	2018	41821	1358	19695	27.39	59.39	40.85
Rwanda	2014–2015	13497	492	573	20.68	74.61	4.67
Tanzania	2015–2016	13266	603	6452	39.86	68.75	14.63
Uganda	2016	18506	685	3678	39.98	76.34	14.42
Zimbabwe	2015	9955	399	1201	29.90	54.59	17.72
Total	–	206 259	7449	43323	36.75	65.45	24.61

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