Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents (n=400)
| Variables | n | (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Age groups (years) | ||
| Less than 20 | 17 | 4.2 |
| 20–24 | 238 | 59.5 |
| 25–29 | 131 | 32.8 |
| 30 and above | 14 | 3.5 |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 227 | 56.8 |
| Male | 173 | 43.2 |
| Religion | ||
| Christianity | 303 | 75.8 |
| Islam | 92 | 23.0 |
| Traditional | 4 | 1.0 |
| Others | 1 | 0.2 |
| Marital status | ||
| Ever married | 28 | 7.0 |
| Yet to marry (single) | 372 | 93.0 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Yoruba | 324 | 81.0 |
| Igbo | 69 | 17.2 |
| Hausa | 7 | 1.8 |
| Level in school | ||
| Lower level† | 156 | 39.0 |
| Upper level†† | 244 | 61.0 |
| Secondary school attended | ||
| Private | 220 | 55.0 |
| Public | 180 | 45.0 |
| Place of residence | ||
| Rural | 46 | 11.5 |
| Urban | 354 | 88.5 |
Notes:
†
Lower level includes first-year to third-year students;
††
upper level includes fourth-year and fifth-year students.
Abbreviation: n, number.