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Table 1 Socio–demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Male partners’ involvement in pregnancy related care among married men in Ibadan, Nigeria

Variables (N = 367)

n

Percentage

Age group (years)

 < 24

7

1.9

 25–39

200

54.5

 ≥ 40

151

41.1

 No response

9

2.5

Mean age

37.5 ± 7.5

 

Religion

 Christianity

134

36.5

 Islam

231

62.9

 Traditional

2

0.6

Ethnicity

 Yoruba

326

88.8

 Igbo

28

7.6

 Hausa

9

2.5

 Others

4

1.1

Occupation

 Artisan

230

62.7

 Trader

125

34.0

 Others

11

3.3

Average income (N)

 ≤ 50,000

340

92.6

 > 50,000

27

7.4

Family type

 Monogamous

323

88.0

 Polygamous

44

12.0

Educational status of the mother of respondents’ last child

 No formal education

20

5.4

 Primary education

89

24.3

 Secondary education

254

69.2

 Tertiary education

4

1.1

Occupation of the mother of respondents’ last child

 Artisan

101

27.5

 Trader

235

64.1

 Housewife

13

3.5

 Others

18

4.9

Number of children

 ≤ 4

258

70.3

 > 4

91

24.8

 No response

18

4.9