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Table 1 Characteristics of non-childbearing young (15–24 years) men and women, Nigeria, 2018

From: Social contexts of fertility desire among non-childbearing young men and women aged 15–24 years in Nigeria

Variables

Male (n = 2674)

Female (n = 9637)

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