Table 1 Socio-demographic distribution of the respondents in the six states
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Variable | Abuja N =771 n(%) | Adamawa N =728 n(%) | Enugu N = 769n(%) | Kano N = 747 n(%) | Lagos N = 726 n(%) | Rivers N = 776 n(%) | Combined N = 4517 n(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wife | 405 | 664 | 658 | 460 | 537 | 584 | 3308 |
Adult female household rep | 265 | 42 | 106 | 51 | 176 | 177 | 817 |
Sex: Female | 671 | 708 | 763 | 509 | 711 | 761 | 4123 |
Attended School | 742 | 460 | 730 | 581 | 710 | 762 | 3985 |
Highest level of education | |||||||
Primary School | 54(7) | 125(27) | 152(21) | 116(20) | 60(8) | 38(5) | 545(14) |
Junior Secondary School | 40(5) | 57(12) | 66(9) | 83(3) | 23(3) | 32(4) | 301(8) |
Senior Secondary school | 264(36) | 137(30) | 275(38) | 219(38) | 299(42) | 393(52) | 1587(40) |
Teacher training college | 21(3) | 8(2) | 26(4) | 31(4) | 14(2) | 16(2) | 116(3) |
College of Education | 34(5) | 71(15) | 25(3) | 47(8) | 24(3) | 82(11) | 283(7) |
University of Polytechnic | 310 | 47 | 182 | 71 | 259 | 186 | 1055 |
Others | 18(2) | 14(3) | 4(.5) | 97(17) | 28(4) | 17(2) | 178(5) |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Unemployed | 178(16) | 321(29) | 175(16) | 155(14) | 167(15) | 95(9) | 1091(25) |
Subsistence farmer /herd keeper | 19(3) | 25(10) | 74(2) | 13(2) | 1(.1) | 53(7) | 185(4) |
Petty trader /artisan | 136(18) | 245(34) | 237(31) | 240(34) | 93(29) | 219(29) | 1170(26) |
Govt worker | 127(17) | 97(13) | 99(13) | 89(13) | 25(3) | 109(14) | 546(12) |
Private sector employee | 90(12) | 18(3) | 64(8) | 15(2) | 48(7) | 157(21) | 392(9) |
Big biz/self employed | 158(21) | 14(2) | 95(12) | 70(10) | 327(45) | 77(10) | 741(17) |
Others | 77(10) | 7(1) | 39(5) | 129(18) | 58(8) | 50(7) | 360(8) |
Marital status: Married | 487(63) | 652(90) | 652(85) | 664(94) | 554(76) | 589(77) | 3598(81) |
Muslim | 186(24) | 521(72) | 5(7) | 706(99.7) | 148(20) | 9(1) | 1575(35) |
Christian | 586(76) | 205(28) | 762(99) | 3(.4) | 574(79) | 751(98) | 2830(65) |
Traditional | 2(.3) | 1(.1) | 0(.0) | 0(.0) | 2(.3) | 2(.3) | 7(.1) |
Others | 0(0) | 1(.1) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 1(.1) |
Age mean (SD) | 30.9 (8.0) | 31.6 (7.6) | 31.0 (7.1) | 32.1 (7.0) | 31.0 (6.7) | 31.9 (6.2) | 31.4 (7.1) |