Table 4.

Percentage distribution of young never-married males, aged 15-24 years, who used condoms during first and last sexual encounters by selected characteristics.

Characteristics/variable	Use at first sex (n=355)		Use during last sex (n=355)
	No.	%	No.	%
Age-group (years)
15-19	126	10.6	90	30.8
20-24	278	19.9	236	40.4
Place of residence
Urban	179	27.3	144	54.1
Rural	225	11.1	182	27.6
Region of residence
North-central	86	12.4	69	38.5
Northeast	59	8.2	47	18.1
Northwest	51	6.7	47	5.3
Southeast	55	28.0	39	70.8
South-South	71	11.5	55	42.0
Southwest	82	40.0	69	63.1
Childhood place of residence
City	65	29.2	57	54.3
Town	136	23.9	110	43.9
Countryside	202	8.3	158	27.5
Educational level
No education	32	0.0	27	0.0
Primary	89	8.8	70	18.1
Secondary	255	17.0	205	43.0
Tertiary	28	63.7	24	86.6
Religious affiliation
Catholic	87	22.2	68	46.3
Protestant	64	14.8	52	40.2
Other Christians	99	16.9	75	49.8
Muslim	150	15.8	128	27.0
Traditional/others	4	0.0	3	0.0
Wealth quintile
First	83	7.8	67	14.8
Second	54	8.4	50	24.1
Third	69	10.6	51	28.4
Fourth	89	18.3	70	46.7
Fifth	109	33.2	88	65.2
Frequency of reading newspapers or magazines
Never	175	7.9	137	20.4
Less than once a week	111	17.2	91	36.9
At least once a week	82	19.0	68	54.1
Almost every day	35	53.6	29	73.6
Frequency of watching television
Never	85	6.2	71	7.9
Less than once a week	102	14.0	84	37.5
At least once a week	89	12.3	69	54.1
Almost every day	127	29.0	101	57.3
Frequency of listening to radio
Never	18	5.9	16	13.0
Less than once a week	36	18.9	26	49.9
At least once a week	82	15.1	64	24.8
Almost every day	267	18.0	219	41.2

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