Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of unpartnered adolescent girls.
| Variables | Frequency (5,145) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Experience of sexual violence | ||
| Ever experienced | 291 | 5.65 |
| Never experienced | 4,841 | 94.09 |
| Refused/no response | 13 | 0.26 |
| Parental violence | ||
| Exposed | 1,310 | 25.47 |
| Unexposed | 3,835 | 74.53 |
| Risky sexual behaviors | ||
| Abstained or no risk | 4,196 | 81.55 |
| Low risk | 227 | 4.41 |
| High risk | 722 | 14.04 |
| Wealth index | ||
| Poorest | 446 | 8.67 |
| Poorer | 817 | 15.88 |
| Middle | 1,140 | 22.16 |
| Richer | 1,268 | 24.65 |
| Richest | 1,472 | 28.63 |
| Age | ||
| 15 years | 1,617 | 31.44 |
| 16 years | 1,117 | 21.71 |
| 17 years | 836 | 16.26 |
| 18 years | 893 | 17.35 |
| 19 years | 682 | 13.25 |
| Highest educational level | ||
| No education | 558 | 10.85 |
| Primary | 559 | 10.86 |
| Secondary | 3,910 | 76.00 |
| Higher | 118 | 2.29 |
| Religion | ||
| Christianity | 2,944 | 57.22 |
| Islam/Traditional/others | 2,201 | 42.78 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri | 1,291 | 25.10 |
| Igbo | 952 | 18.50 |
| Yoruba | 909 | 17.66 |
| Others ethnic groups | 1,993 | 38.74 |
| Type of place of residence | ||
| Urban | 2,770 | 53.83 |
| Rural | 2,375 | 46.17 |
| Region of residence | ||
| North-Central | 818 | 15.90 |
| North-East | 640 | 12.44 |
| North-West | 1,067 | 20.73 |
| South-East | 781 | 15.18 |
| South-South | 898 | 17.45 |
| South-West | 941 | 18.29 |
| Survey year | ||
| 2013 | 3,715 | 72.19 |
| 2018 | 1,430 | 27.81 |