Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics and past obstetric history of the sample, by state.
| Variable | Kaduna (n = 1269) |
Kano (n = 1200) |
Total (n = 2469) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (M(SD)) | 25.2 (5.7) | 25.5 (5.9) | 25.3 (5.8) |
| Marital Status | |||
| Married or living together | 98.2% | 99.1% | 98.6% |
| Divorced/separated | 0.4% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Widowed | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Never married and never living together | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.6% |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 7.4% | 0.2% | 3.9% |
| Other Christian | 14.0% | 0.2% | 7.3% |
| Islam | 78.6% | 99.5% | 88.7% |
| Traditionalist | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Other | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Education | |||
| Never attended formal school | 11.9% | 35.4% | 23.3% |
| Primary | 18.8% | 23.4% | 21.0% |
| Secondary | 44.7% | 29.2% | 37.3% |
| Higher | 17.7% | 5.2% | 11.6% |
| Quranic/Islamiyya | 6.8% | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| Employment Status | |||
| Unemployed | 40.6% | 44.1% | 42.3% |
| Employed full time | 4.9% | 1.4% | 3.2% |
| Employed part time | 4.0% | 1.4% | 2.8% |
| Employed own a business | 50.5% | 53.1% | 51.8% |
| Residence | |||
| Urban | 58.0% | 18.8% | 38.9% |
| Rural | 42.0% | 81.2% | 61.1% |
| Ever given birth before | |||
| Yes | 72.6% | 78.3% | 75.4% |
| No | 27.4% | 21.7% | 24.6% |
| Number of Living Children | |||
| 0 | 27.4% | 21.7% | 24.6% |
| 1 | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.7% |
| 2 | 22.9% | 16.1% | 19.6% |
| 3 | 15.9% | 15.4% | 15.7% |
| 4 | 13.0% | 14.3% | 13.6% |
| 5 | 8.9% | 11.2% | 10.0% |
| 6+ | 10.0% | 19.8% | 14.8% |