Table 2.

Percentage distribution of young never-married males, aged 15-24 years, who were sexually experienced and current sexual activity among sexually experienced by selected characteristics

Characteristics/variable	Ever had sex (n= 827)		Sexually active in the last4 weeks among thesexually experienced (n=355)
	No.	%	No	%
Age-group (years)
15-19	448	24.8	126	44.9
20-24	379	62.1	283	47.2
Place of residence
Urban	387	39.6	179	33.9
Rural	440	45.1	230	53.8
Region of residence
North-central	160	52.1	86	50.9
Northeast	107	47.3	59	58.5
Northwest	169	25.0	54	61.4
Southeast	113	43.9	56	17.0
South-South	127	48.0	71	51.6
Southwest	151	52.2	83	27.9
Childhood place of residence
City	174	35.4	66	34.7
Town	262	45.5	137	45.2
Countryside	390	44.0	205	50.9
Educational level
No education	71	31.6	34	57.2
Primary	174	39.6	90	51.1
Secondary	528	45.1	256	45.4
Tertiary	54	56.5	29	29.8
Religious affiliation
Catholic	167	47.7	88	40.1
Protestant	124	51.5	64	52.8
Other Christians	188	46.3	100	32.4
Muslim	341	37.0	153	56.5
Traditional/others	7	56.7	4	27.2
Wealth quintile
First	140	50.5	84	60.7
Second	124	35.1	55	57.5
Third	152	40.6	71	53.4
Fourth	213	38.7	89	42.9
Fifth	198	49.1	110	26.6
Frequency of reading newspapers or magazines
Never	392	34.2	178	53.8
Less than once a week	216	51.5	111	42.9
At least once a week	158	49.8	84	46.7
Almost every day	60	61.7	35	25.3
Frequency of watching television
Never	190	36.9	87	63.8
Less than once a week	193	47.3	103	50.7
At least once a week	196	40.5	90	55.0
Almost every day	247	45.5	128	27.6
Frequency of listening to radio
Never	45	23.7	18	64.1
Less than once a week	104	25.5	36	49.4
At least once a week	192	36.0	83	51.6
Almost every day	484	50.9	271	43.6

Source of data: Nigeria demographic and health survey 2003 (24)