Table 1.
Demographic and reproductive health characteristics of study sample, Zambia and Nigeria, 2009–2010
| Demographic characteristics | Zambia (N = 2401) % |
Nigeria (N = 2452) % |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 47 | 50 | |
| Female | 53 | 50 | |
| Age | |||
| 15–19 | 11 | 20 | |
| 20–29 | 38 | 41 | |
| 30–39 | 31 | 21 | |
| 40 and older | 21 | 18 | |
| Number of children | |||
| 0 | 24 | 53 | |
| 1–2 | 23 | 16 | |
| 3–4 | 22 | 13 | |
| 5+ | 31 | 19 | |
| Education | |||
| None | 8 | 20 | |
| Some primary | 23 | 21 | |
| Completed primary | 53 | 43 | |
| Above primary | 16 | 16 | |
| Residence | |||
| Rural | 56 | 59 | |
| Urban | 44 | 41 | |
| Relationship status | |||
| Not in union | 34 | 53 | |
| In union | 66 | 47 | |
| Religion | |||
| Catholic | 24 | 36 | |
| Protestant | 49 | 23 | |
| Pentecostal/Charismatic | 15 | 11 | |
| Other Christian | 9 | 3 | |
| Other | 9 | 27 | |
| Perceived risk of getting AIDS virus | |||
| None | 51 | 70 | |
| Low | 38 | 17 | |
| Moderate to great | 11 | 12 | |