Table 2.
Background characteristics of study participants
| Background characteristics | Freq. (%) N = 859 |
|---|---|
| Local Government Area | |
| Urban LGA | 432 (50.3) |
| Rural LGA | 427 (49.7) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 430 (50.1) |
| Male | 429 (49.9) |
| Age group | |
| 15–19 years | 589 (68.6) |
| 20–24 years | 270 (31.4) |
| Occupation | |
| Farming | 11 (1.3) |
| Student | 460 (53.6) |
| Apprentice/Artisan | 266 (31.0) |
| Self-employed/Trading | 61 (7.1) |
| Unemployed | 20 (2.3) |
| Others | 41 (4.8) |
| Educational status | |
| None | 27 (3.1) |
| Primary | 104 (12.1) |
| Secondary | 682 (79.4) |
| Higher | 46 (5.4) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 54 (6.3) |
| Divorced/Separated | 4 (0.5) |
| Never married | 801 (93.2) |
| Religion | |
| Islam | 292 (34) |
| Orthodox (Non-Catholic Christian) | 147 (17.1) |
| Catholic Christian | 52 (6.1) |
| Pentecostal Christian | 336 (39.1) |
| Others | 32 (3.7) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Igbo | 53 (6.2) |
| Yoruba | 758 (88.2) |
| Others | 48 (5.6) |
| Subjective socioeconomic standing (terciles) | |
| Lower | 324 (37.7) |
| Middle | 387 (45.1) |
| Higher | 148 (17.2) |
| Ever used primary or secondary health facility | |
| No | 355 (41.3) |
| Yes | 504 (58.7) |
| Sexual behavior | |
| Never had sex | 130 (15.1) |
| Used contraceptive in last sexual encounter | 214 (24.9) |
| Didn’t use contraceptive in last sexual encounter | 515 (60.0) |
| Ever had STI | |
| No | 784 (91.3) |
| Yes | 75 (8.7) |