Table 2 Descriptive summaries (independent and co-variates) of respondents by marital status
Characteristics | Ever Married (N = 29,724) | Never Married (N = 8549) |
|---|---|---|
| Â | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) |
Main independent variable (circumcised) | Â | Â |
 No | 18,247 (61.4) | 5780 (67.6) |
 Yes | 11,477 (38.6) | 2769 (32.4) |
Other covariates | Â | Â |
 Age |  |  |
 15–19 | 1710 (5.8) | 4337 (51.1) |
 20–24 | 4059 (13.7) | 2240 (26.2) |
 25–29 | 5786 (19.4) | 1146 (13.4) |
 30–34 | 5281 (17.8) | 471 (5.5) |
 35–39 | 4951 (16.7) | 201 (2.4) |
 40–44 | 3960 (13.3) | 74 (0.9) |
 45–49 | 3977 (13.4) | 51 (0.6) |
 Level of education |  |  |
  No formal education | 12,411 (41.8) | 492 (5.8) |
  Primary | 5614 (18.9) | 652 (7.6) |
  Secondary | 8647 (29.1) | 5645 (66.0) |
  Higher | 3051 (10.3) | 1760 (20.6) |
 Wealth quintiles |  |  |
  Poorest | 6022 (20.3) | 456 (5.3) |
  Poorer | 5646 (19.0) | 840 (9.8) |
  Middle | 5256 (17.7) | 1594 (18.7) |
 Richer | 6063 (20.4) | 2412 (28.2) |
  Richest | 6736 (22.7) | 3248 (38.0) |
 Currently working |  |  |
  No | 7716 (26.0) | 4729 (55.3) |
  Yes | 22,008 (74.0) | 3820 (44.7) |
 Place of residence |  |  |
  Urban | 13,180 (44.3) | 5618 (65.7) |
  Rural | 16,544 (55.7) | 2931 (34.3) |
 Religion |  |  |
  Christians | 12,586 (42.3) | 6021 (70.4) |
  Muslims | 16,921 (56.9) | 2478 (29.0) |
  Others | 217 (0.7) | 50 (0.6) |
 Ethnicity |  |  |
  Fulani | 2025 (6.8) | 137 (1.6) |
  Hausa | 9798 (33.0) | 1042 (12.2) |
  Igbo | 3007 (10.1) | 1022 (12.0) |
  Yoruba | 4595 (15.4) | 2537 (29.7) |
  Others | 10,299 (34.7) | 3814 (44.6) |
 Region |  |  |
  North Central | 2364 (8.0) | 796 (9.3) |
  North East | 4807 (16.2) | 782 (18.5) |
  North West | 10,159 (34.2) | 1094 (12.8) |
  South East | 3675 (12.4) | 2055 (55.3) |
  South South | 3487 (11.7) | 1797 (76.3) |
  South West | 5232 (17.6) | 2025 (23.7) |
Age at marriage (continuous) median (IQR) | 17 (15–21) | NA |