Table 1 Background characteristics of respondents by region
North Central | North East | North West | South East | South South | South West | Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 2432 (%) | N = 2531 (%) | N = 3580 (%) | N = 1647 (%) | N = 2439 (%) | N = 1990 (%) | N = 14,619 (%) | |
Location | |||||||
Urban | 823 (33.8) | 660 (26.1) | 935 (26.1) | 1115 (67.7) | 844 (34.6) | 1454 (73.1) | 5831 (39.9) |
Rural | 1609 (66.2) | 1871 (73.9) | 2645 (73.9) | 532 (32.3) | 1595 (65.4) | 536 (26.9) | 8788 (60.1) |
Education | |||||||
No education | 410 (16.9) | 1260 (49.8) | 2225 (62.2) | 11 (0.7) | 28 (1.1) | 91 (4.6) | 4025 (27.5) |
Primary | 382 (15.7) | 377 (14.9) | 444 (12.4) | 166 (10.1) | 335 (13.7) | 154 (7.7) | 1858 (12.7) |
Secondary | 1464 (60.2) | 810 (32.0) | 849 (23.7) | 1347 (81.8) | 1928 (79.0) | 1511 (75.9) | 7909 (54.1) |
Higher | 176 (7.2) | 84 (3.3) | 62 (1.7) | 123 (7.5) | 148 (6.1) | 234 (11.8) | 827 (5.7) |
Religion | |||||||
Catholics | 312 (13.1) | 83 (3.3) | 80 (2.3) | 801 (48.8) | 239 (9.9) | 87 (4.4) | 1602 (11.1) |
Other Christians | 1004 (42.1) | 454 (18.1) | 160 (4.5) | 836 (50.9) | 2138 (88.3) | 1289 (65.2) | 5881 (40.7) |
Muslims | 1070 (44.8) | 1978 (78.6) | 3287 (93.2) | 4 (0.2) | 44 (1.8) | 600 (30.4) | 6983 (48.3) |
Wealth quintile | |||||||
Poorest | 176 (7.2) | 782 (30.9) | 1122 (31.3) | 72 (4.4) | 13 (0.5) | 25 (1.3) | 2190 (15.0) |
Poorer | 437 (18.0) | 731 (28.9) | 1117 (31.2) | 236 (14.3) | 237 (9.7) | 143 (7.2) | 2901 (19.8) |
Middle | 780 (32.1) | 466 (18.4) | 607 (17.0) | 427 (25.9) | 665 (27.3) | 303 (15.2) | 3248 (22.2) |
Richer | 550 (22.6) | 332 (13.1) | 456 (12.7) | 507 (30.8) | 854 (35.0) | 659 (33.1) | 3358 (23.0) |
Richest | 489 (20.1) | 220 (8.7) | 278 (7.8) | 405 (24.6) | 670 (27.5) | 860 (43.2) | 2922 (20.0) |
Ever/never married | |||||||
Single never married | 1504 (61.8) | 920 (36.3) | 995 (27.8) | 1348 (81.8) | 1873 (76.8) | 1546 (77.7) | 8186 (56.0) |
Ever married/cohabited | 928 (38.2) | 1611 (63.7) | 2585 (72.2) | 299 (18.2) | 566 (23.2) | 444 (22.3) | 6433 (44.0) |
Has begun childbearing | |||||||
No | 1664 (68.4) | 1288 (50.9) | 1715 (47.9) | 1322 (80.3) | 1764 (72.3) | 1543 (77.5) | 9296 (63.6) |
Yes | 768 (31.6) | 1243 (49.1) | 1865 (52.1) | 325 (19.7) | 675 (27.7) | 447 (22.5) | 5323 (36.4) |