Table 2 Desire for large family size (ideal number of children > 4) among young men and women aged 15–24 years in Nigeria, 2018
Variables | Ideal number of children > 4 (Large) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male: (n = 1899) | Female (n = 5105) | |||
Individual characteristics | n | % | n | % |
Age group | ||||
15–19 | 1227 | 70.3 | 3987 | 55.9 |
20–24 | 672 | 72.4 | 1118 | 44.7 |
Educational attainment | ||||
None | 89 | 89 | 1424 | 85.1 |
Primary | 195 | 74.1 | 564 | 67.6 |
Secondary | 1031 | 64.4 | 2835 | 45.5 |
Higher | 159 | 68.5 | 283 | 31.5 |
Religion | ||||
Christianity | 340 | 41.2 | 1634 | 34.7 |
Islam | 1551 | 84.6 | 3452 | 70.6 |
Others | 8 | 52.2 | 19 | 52.3 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Fulani | 169 | 91 | 369 | 74.6 |
Hausa | 1038 | 87.3 | 2089 | 79.9 |
Igbo | 104 | 37.6 | 675 | 43.1 |
Yoruba | 75 | 29.1 | 315 | 19.5 |
Others | 514 | 67.1 | 1657 | 49.5 |
Marital status | ||||
Not married | 1862 | 70.9 | 4098 | 49 |
Currently married | 37 | 80 | 1007 | 78.7 |
Household characteristics | ||||
Household size: mean(sd) | 9.5 (5.0) | 7.5 (4.8) | ||
Wealth index | ||||
Poorest | 512 | 88.9 | 957 | 81.2 |
Poorer | 467 | 84 | 1151 | 70.9 |
Middle | 415 | 77.4 | 1109 | 58.1 |
Richer | 321 | 57.2 | 1073 | 45.1 |
Richest | 185 | 41.5 | 816 | 32 |
Relationship to head of household(women) | ||||
Head | – | – | 89 | 30.5 |
Wife | – | – | 903 | 79.8 |
Daughter | – | – | 3251 | 51.5 |
Others | – | – | 862 | 45.4 |
Relationship to head of household(men) | ||||
Head | 92 | 84.2 | – | – |
Son and grandson | 1642 | 72.2 | – | – |
Brother | 63 | 60.2 | – | – |
Others | 102 | 54.9 | – | – |
Community characteristics | ||||
Type of residence | ||||
Urban | 711 | 61.4 | 2280 | 45.1 |
Rural | 1188 | 78.4 | 2825 | 61.7 |
Region | ||||
North Central | 274 | 71.4 | 651 | 45.2 |
North East | 509 | 88.8 | 1193 | 78.9 |
North West | 871 | 86.1 | 1980 | 77 |
South East | 96 | 40.8 | 586 | 48 |
South South | 81 | 45.6 | 349 | 23 |
South West | 69 | 23.6 | 346 | 20 |
Community education | ||||
Low | 809 | 84.9 | 1952 | 82.4 |
Medium | 614 | 67.7 | 1968 | 53.3 |
High | 476 | 58.5 | 1185 | 33.1 |
Family planning message penetration | ||||
Low | 1388 | 73.6 | 3895 | 57.2 |
Medium | 511 | 64.9 | – | |
High | – | 1210 | 42.8 | |
Unemployment | ||||
Low | 763 | 81.5 | 1288 | 43.6 |
Medium | 534 | 71 | 1590 | 46.6 |
High | 603 | 61.1 | 2227 | 68.2 |
Agricultural work | ||||
Low | 612 | 60.6 | 1993 | 57.4 |
Medium | 683 | 76.9 | 1748 | 48.2 |
High | 604 | 77.8 | 1364 | 53.7 |
Child mortality experience | ||||
Low | 406 | 51.3 | 1244 | 32.4 |
Medium | 614 | 69.9 | 1837 | 56.9 |
High | 879 | 87.6 | 2024 | 78.9 |
Negative attitude to family planning | ||||
Low | 518 | 60.2 | 1662 | 40.6 |
Medium | 728 | 75.7 | 1704 | 53.8 |
High | 653 | 76.8 | 1739 | 73.2 |