Table 1.

Frequency distribution of the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents.

Characteristics	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Age group (N = 311)
15–20 yrs (young)	34	10.9
21–35 yrs	255	82.0
36–49 yrs	22	7.1
Ethnicity (N = 314)
Yoruba	308	98.1
Others	6	1.9
Marital status (N = 314)
Single	18	5.7
Married	292	93.0
Others (separated or divorced)	4	1.3
Level of education (N = 311)
No formal education	7	2.2
Primary	75	24.0
Secondary	158	50.6
Tertiary	72	23.1
Type of family (N = 293)
Monogamous	230	78.5
Polygamous	61	20.8
Others	2	0.7
Family size (N = 296)
Small (1–4 persons)	204	68.9
Average (5 persons)	41	13.9
Large (6 persons and above)	51	17.2
Occupation (N = 311)
Civil servants	6	1.9
Unemployed	10	3.2
Students	13	4.2
Professional	34	10.9
Artisans	74	23.8
Traders	174	55.9
Wealth index (N = 314)
Very poor	48	15.3
Poor	131	41.7
Average	70	22.3
Rich	55	17.5
Very rich	10	3.2
Smoking cigarettes in this pregnancy? (N = 298)
Yes	1	0.3
No	297	99.7
Drinking beer, wine, and/or spirit/liquor in this pregnancy? (N = 294)
Yes	17	5.8
No	277	94.2
Kind of alcohol respondents take (N = 17)
Beer	5	29.4
Wine	6	35.3
Spirit/liquor	6	35.3
Reasons for drinking alcohol in this pregnancy (N = 17)
For pleasure	15	88.2
Medicinal	2	11.8
Social support (SSQN) (N = 314)
Low social support (SSQN < 1)	29	9.2
Average social support (SSQN = 1)	216	68.8
High social support (SSQN > 1)	69	22.0
Gender based abuse (N = 314)
Rape	6	1.9
Intimidation/threat	16	5.1
Inadequate financial support/financial deprivation	16	5.1
Physical assault	18	5.7
None	258	82.2
Childhood experience (N = 314)
Pleasant (enjoyable)	239	76.1
Unpleasant (gloomy)	17	5.4
I do not know	58	18.5