Table 1.
Distribution of individual-level characteristics by region of residence
| Characteristics | Region of residence | Total N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central N (%) |
North East N (%) |
North West N (%) |
South East N (%) |
South South N (%) |
South West N (%) |
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| Region of residence | 1,015 (17) | 1,487 (25) | 1,821 (30) | 524 (9) | 560 (9) | 622 (10) | 6029 (100) |
| Birth order | *** | ||||||
| First birth | 210 (21) | 240 (16) | 349 (19) | 99 (19) | 136 (24) | 166 (27) | 1,200 (20) |
| 2 - 4 birth order | 473 (46) | 603 (41) | 759 (42) | 255 (49) | 244 (44) | 317 (51) | 2,621 (43) |
| ≥ 5 birth order | 332 (33) | 644 (43) | 713 (39) | 200 (38) | 180 (32) | 139 (22) | 2,208 (37) |
| Sex of the child | *** | ||||||
| Female | 492 (49) | 756 (51) | 915 (50) | 283 (54) | 281 (50) | 335 (54) | 3,062 (51) |
| Male | 523 (51) | 731 (49) | 906 (50) | 241 (46) | 279 (50) | 287 (46) | 2,967 (49) |
| Mother's age | *** | ||||||
| ≤ 23 years | 220 (22) | 396 (27) | 529 (29) | 62 (12) | 118 (21) | 86 (14) | 1,411 (23) |
| 24 - 33 years | 556 (55) | 716 (48) | 877 (48) | 269 (51) | 290 (52) | 362 (58) | 3,070 (51) |
| ≥ 34 years | 239 (23) | 375 (25) | 415 (23) | 193 (37) | 152 (27) | 174 (28) | 1,548 (26) |
| Mothers' age at birth of first child | *** | ||||||
| 18 years or less | 516 (51) | 998 (67) | 1258 (69) | 147 (28) | 280 (50) | 138 (22) | 3,337 (55) |
| 19 years or more | 499 (49) | 489 (33) | 563 (31) | 377 (72) | 280 (50) | 484 (78) | 2,692 (45) |
| Marital status | *** | ||||||
| Single | 25 (2) | 7 (0) | 3 (0) | 13 (3) | 49 (9) | 12 (2) | 109 (2) |
| Married | 956 (94) | 1,421 (96) | 1,775 (97) | 477 (91) | 481 (86) | 598 (96) | 5708 (95) |
| Divorced | 34 (4) | 59 (4) | 43 (3) | 34 (6) | 30 (5) | 12 (2) | 212 (3) |
| Religious affiliation | *** | ||||||
| Christian | 592 (58) | 215 (15) | 111 (6) | 482 (92) | 540 (97) | 367 (59) | 2307 (38) |
| Muslim | 392 (39) | 1257 (84) | 1701 (93) | 0 (0) | 7 (1) | 241 (39) | 3598 (60) |
| Traditional | 31 (3) | 15 (1) | 9 (1) | 42 (8) | 13 (2) | 14 (2) | 124 (2) |
| Mothers' education | *** | ||||||
| No education | 416 (41) | 1,032 (69) | 1,338 (73) | 90 (17) | 52 (9) | 105 (17) | 3033 (50) |
| Primary | 355 (35) | 263 (18) | 248 (14) | 210 (40) | 195 (35) | 202 (32) | 1473 (25) |
| Secondary or higher | 244 (24) | 192 (13) | 235 (13) | 224 (43) | 313 (56) | 315 (51) | 1523 (25) |
| Wealth Index | *** | ||||||
| Poor | 425 (42) | 866 (58) | 876 (48) | 214 (41) | 180 (32) | 166 (27) | 2,727 (45) |
| Middle | 440 (43) | 524 (36) | 762 (42) | 203 (39) | 238 (43) | 147 (24) | 2,332 (39) |
| Rich | 150 (15) | 79 (6) | 183 (10) | 107 (20) | 142 (25) | 309 (49) | 970 (16) |
*p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001