Table 1 Characteristics of sexually active youth
From: Ethnicity, gender and risky sexual behaviour among Nigerian youth: an alternative explanation
Dependent variables | Females– (N = 6 304) | Males– (N = 1,549) |
|---|---|---|
Condom use at last sex | ||
 No | 83.87 | 57.06 |
 Yes | 16.13 | 42.94 |
Multiple sexual partners | ||
 No | 65.39 | 19.31 |
 Yes | 34.61 | 80.69 |
Age at first sex | Median = 16, s.d = 2.23 | Median = 17, s.d = 2.49 |
Independent variables | ||
Ethnicity | ||
 Yoruba | 13.86 | 18.19 |
 Igbo | 11.82 | 11.63 |
 Hausa/Fulani | 29.42 | 8.00 |
 Others | 44.90 | 62.19 |
Age | ||
 15–17 | 15.23 | 6.59 |
 18–19 | 19.55 | 15.96 |
 22–24 | 65.22 | 77.45 |
Religion | ||
 Catholic | 11.14 | 18.06 |
 Other Christian | 43.91 | 52.01 |
 Muslim | 44.16 | 28.07 |
 Other | 0.79 | 1.86 |
Region | ||
 South West | 15.93 | 21.23 |
 North Central | 14.10 | 10.25 |
 North East | 25.56 | 5.64 |
 North West | 8.48 | 7.92 |
 South East | 24.22 | 29.44 |
 South South | 11.71 | 25.51 |
Place of residence | ||
 Urban | 36.58 | 36.76 |
 Rural | 63.42 | 63.24 |
Schooling | ||
 No education | 30.49 | 6.59 |
 Primary education | 15.02 | 12.76 |
 Secondary and higher | 54.50 | 80.65 |
Employment status | ||
 Unemployed | 51.32 | 33.90 |
 Employed | 48.68 | 66.10 |
Wealth status | ||
 Poor | 35.53 | 27.02 |
 Middle | 19.67 | 22.48 |
 Rich | 44.80 | 50.50 |
HIV knowledge | ||
 Low | 3.46 | 0.85 |
 High | 96.54 | 99.15 |
Marital status | ||
 Never married | 33.28 | 77.79 |
 Married | 61.92 | 18.81 |
 Other | 4.80 | 3.40 |
Exposure to mass media | ||
 No | 58.53 | 36.04 |
 Yes | 41.47 | 63.96 |
Head of household | ||
 Male | 83.35 | 85.76 |
 Female | 16.65 | 14.24 |
Self-reported age at sexual debut | ||
 10–19 Adolescents | 90.53 | 83.73 |
 20–24 Young Adults | 9.47 | 16.27 |