Table 1.
Socio-demographic distribution of the respondents in the six states
| Variable | Abuja N =771 n(%) | Adamawa N =728 n(%) | Enugu N = 769 n(%) | Kano N = 747 n(%) | Lagos N = 726 n(%) | Rivers N = 776 n(%) | Combined N = 4517 n(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wife |
405 (52) |
664 (91) |
658 (86) |
460 (62) |
537 (74) |
584 (75) |
3308 (73) |
| Adult female household rep |
265 (34) |
42(6) |
106 (14) |
51 (7) |
176 (24) |
177 (23) |
817 (18) |
| Female respondents |
671 (87) |
708 (974) |
763 (99) |
509 (68) |
711 (98) |
761 (98) |
4123 (91) |
| Age mean (SD) |
30.9 (8.0) |
31.6 (7.6) |
31.0 (7.1) |
32.1 (7.0) |
31.0 (6.7) |
31.9 (6.2) |
31.4 (7.1) |
| No of household members mean (SD) |
5.4 (2.2) |
7.2 (4.9) |
5.1 (2.2) |
8.3 (4.8) |
4.9 (5.3) |
5.3 (2.1) |
6.0 (3.5) |
| Attended School |
742 (96) |
460 (63) |
730 (94) |
581 (77) |
710 (98) |
762 (98) |
3985 (88) |
| Highest level of education | |||||||
| Primary School |
54(7) |
125(27) |
152(21) |
116(20) |
60(8) |
38(5) |
545(14) |
| Junior Secondary School |
40(5) |
57(12) |
66(9) |
83(3) |
23(3) |
32(4) |
301(8) |
| Senior Secondary school |
264(36) |
137(30) |
275(38) |
219(38) |
299(42) |
393(52) |
1587(40) |
| Teacher training college |
21(3) |
8(2) |
26(4) |
31(4) |
14(2) |
16(2) |
116(3) |
| College of Education |
34(5) |
71(15) |
25(3) |
47(8) |
24(3) |
82(11) |
283(7) |
| University of Polytechnic |
310 (40) |
47 (6.4) |
182 (23.7) |
71(9.3) |
259 (35.7) |
186 (23.9) |
1055 (23.4) |
| Others |
18(2) |
14(3) |
4(.5) |
97(17) |
28(4) |
17(2) |
178(5) |
| Years in school mean (SD) |
12.7 (4.3) |
7.0 (6.2) |
11.0 (4.7) |
7.8 (6.4) |
12.6 (3.6) |
12.8 (3.8) |
10.7 (5.5) |
| Employment status of the respondent | |||||||
| Unemployed |
178(16) |
321(29) |
175(16) |
155(14) |
167(15) |
95(9) |
1091(25) |
| Subsistence farmer/herd keeper |
19(3) |
25(10) |
74(2) |
13(2) |
1(.1) |
53(7) |
185(4) |
| Petty trader/artisan |
136(18) |
245(34) |
237(31) |
240(34) |
93(29) |
219(29) |
1170(26) |
| Govt worker |
127(17) |
97(13) |
99(13) |
89(13) |
25(3) |
109(14) |
546(12) |
| Private sector employee |
90(12) |
18(3) |
64(8) |
15(2) |
48(7) |
157(21) |
392(9) |
| Big biz/self employed |
158(21) |
14(2) |
95(12) |
70(10) |
327(45) |
77(10) |
741(17) |
| Others |
77(10) |
7(1) |
39(5) |
129(18) |
58(8) |
50(7) |
360(8) |
| Marital status: Married |
487(63) |
652(90) |
652(85) |
664(94) |
554(76) |
589(77) |
3598(81) |
| Food value mean (SD) |
5269.8 (3065.3) |
6398.0 (4413.0) |
2831.8 (1226.8) |
7485.8 (6268.7) |
4818.8 (3852.6) |
9186.6 (5130.5) |
6003.5 (4748.1) |
| Per capita food value mean (SD) | 1110.9 (913.6) | 1021.2 (618.8) | 656.7 (464.6) | 1098.5 (1244.6) | 1151.4 (1803.6) | 1883.0 (1227.0) | 1156.2 (1189.2) |