Variables | Male (n = 2674) | Female (n = 9637) | ||
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Individual characteristics | n | % | n | % |
Age group | ||||
15–19 | 1745 | 65.3 | 7136 | 74 |
20–24 | 929 | 34.7 | 2501 | 26 |
Educational attainment | ||||
None | 578 | 21.6 | 1674 | 17.4 |
Primary | 263 | 9.9 | 834 | 8.7 |
Secondary | 1601 | 59.8 | 6230 | 64.6 |
Higher | 232 | 8.7 | 899 | 9.3 |
Religion | ||||
Christianity | 825 | 30.9 | 4713 | 48.9 |
Islam | 1834 | 68.5 | 4888 | 50.7 |
Others | 15 | 0.6 | 36 | 0.4 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Fulani | 186 | 7 | 494 | 5.1 |
Hausa | 1189 | 44.4 | 2614 | 27.1 |
Igbo | 276 | 10.3 | 1567 | 16.3 |
Yoruba | 257 | 9.6 | 1616 | 16.8 |
Others | 766 | 28.7 | 3346 | 34.7 |
Marital status | ||||
Not married | 2627 | 98.2 | 8358 | 86.7 |
Currently married | 47 | 1.8 | 1279 | 13.3 |
Household characteristics | ||||
Household size: mean (sd) | 8.9 (4.7) | 6.8 (4.3) | ||
Wealth index | ||||
Poorest | 576 | 21.5 | 1179 | 12.2 |
Poorer | 556 | 20.7 | 1624 | 16.9 |
Middle | 536 | 20.1 | 1907 | 19.8 |
Richer | 561 | 21 | 2381 | 24.7 |
Richest | 445 | 16.7 | 2546 | 26.4 |
Relationship to head of household(women) | ||||
Head | – | – | 293 | 3 |
Wife | – | – | 1132 | 11.8 |
Daughter | – | – | 6313 | 65.5 |
Others | – | – | 1898 | 19.7 |
Relationship to head of household(men) | ||||
Head | 110 | 4.1 | – | – |
Son and grandson | 2275 | 85.1 | – | – |
Brother | 104 | 3.9 | – | – |
Others | 185 | 6.9 | – | – |
Community characteristics | ||||
Type of residence | ||||
Urban | 1158 | 43.3 | 5061 | 52.5 |
Rural | 1516 | 56.7 | 4576 | 47.5 |
Region | ||||
North Central | 383 | 14.3 | 1441 | 15 |
North East | 573 | 21.4 | 1512 | 15.6 |
North West | 1012 | 37.8 | 2571 | 26.6 |
South East | 234 | 8.8 | 1221 | 12.7 |
South South | 178 | 6.7 | 1162 | 12.1 |
South West | 294 | 11 | 1730 | 18 |
Community education | ||||
Low | 953 | 35.6 | 2371 | 24.6 |
Medium | 907 | 33.9 | 3690 | 38.3 |
High | 814 | 30.5 | 3576 | 37.1 |
Family planning message penetration | ||||
Low | 1887 | 70.6 | 6811 | 70.7 |
Medium | 787 | 29.4 | - | |
High | - | 2826 | 29.3 | |
Unemployment | ||||
Low | 935 | 35 | 2955 | 30.7 |
Medium | 752 | 28.1 | 3415 | 35.4 |
High | 987 | 36.9 | 3267 | 33.9 |
Agricultural work | ||||
Low | 1010 | 37.8 | 3475 | 36.1 |
Medium | 888 | 33.2 | 3621 | 37.6 |
High | 776 | 29 | 2540 | 26.4 |
Child mortality experience | ||||
Low | 792 | 29.6 | 3844 | 39.9 |
Medium | 878 | 32.9 | 2230 | 33.5 |
High | 1004 | 37.5 | 2563 | 26.6 |
Negative attitude to family planning | ||||
Low | 862 | 32.2 | 4094 | 42.5 |
Medium | 961 | 35.9 | 3168 | 32.9 |
High | 851 | 31.8 | 2375 | 24.7 |
Ideal number of children | ||||
≤ 4 | 775 | 29 | 4532 | 47 |
> 4 (large) | 1899 | 71 | 5105 | 53 |