Table I.
Demographic characteristics.
| Characteristics | Number (%) of participants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N = 1058, Mean ± SD |
N (%) | Female (n = 422), Mean ± SD |
N (%) | Male (n = 636), Mean ± SD |
N (%) | |
| Age (years) | 41.5 ± 9.3 | 39.2 ± 9.6 | 42.9 ± 8.8 | |||
| Tribe | ||||||
| Hausa | 70 (6.6) | 17 (4.0) | 53 (8.3) | |||
| Yoruba | 284 (26.9) | 126 (29.9) | 158 (24.8) | |||
| Ibo | 217 (20.5) | 123 (29.1) | 94 (14.8) | |||
| Others | 487 (46.0) | 156 (37.0) | 331 (52.1) | |||
| Religion | ||||||
| Christianity | 842 (79.6) | 371 (88.0) | 471 (74.1) | |||
| Islam | 213 (20.1) | 50 (11.8) | 163 (25.6) | |||
| Others | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | |||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 188 (17.7) | 107 (25.4) | 81 (12.7) | |||
| Co-habiting | 4 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.5) | |||
| Married | 809 (76.5) | 278 (66.0) | 531 (83.5) | |||
| Divorced/separated | 13 (1.3) | 10 (2.4) | 3 (0.5) | |||
| Widow/widower | 43 (4.1) | 25 (6.0) | 18 (2.8) | |||
| Education | ||||||
| None | 4 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.5) | |||
| <6 years (primary) | 6 (0.6) | 3 (0.7) | 3 (0.5) | |||
| 6–12 years (secondary) | 230 (21.7) | 78 (8.5) | 152 (23.9) | |||
| >12 years (tertiary) | 818 (77.3) | 340 (80.6) | 478 (75.1) | |||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Unemployed | 5 (0.5) | 1 (0.2) | 4 (0.6) | |||
| Household/domestic | 8 (0.7) | 4 (1.0) | 4 (0.6) | |||
| Self-employed | 6 (0.6) | 5 (1.2) | 1 (0.2) | |||
| Unskilled manual | 76 (7.2) | 28 (6.6) | 48 (7.6) | |||
| Skilled manual | 424 (40.0) | 179 (42.4) | 245 (38.5) | |||
| Professional/executive | 532 (50.3) | 203 (48.1) | 329 (51.7) | |||
| Others | 7 (0.7) | 2 (0.5) | 5 (0.8) | |||