Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
| Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
| Age – yrs (n=970) | ||
| < 20 | 480 | 49.5 |
| 21 – 30 | 473 | 48.8 |
| 31 –40 | 14 | 1.4 |
| > 40 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Median age = 21.4 years | ||
| Range = 16 – 44 years | ||
| Gender (n=1009) | ||
| Male | 561 | 55.6 |
| Female | 448 | 44.4 |
| Marital status (n=1046) | ||
| Married | 28 | 2.7 |
| Unmarried | 1018 | 97.3 |
| Ethnicity (n=1033) | ||
| Yoruba | 710 | 68.7 |
| Igbo | 189 | 18.3 |
| Hausa | 6 | 0.6 |
| Others | 128 | 12.4 |
| Religion (n=1053) | ||
| Christianity | 859 | 81.6 |
| Islam | 185 | 17.6 |
| Others | 9 | 0.8 |
| Institution (n=1054) | ||
| College of Technology | 510 | 48.4 |
| University | 544 | 51.6 |
| Fathers Employment status (n=979) | ||
| Employed | 933 | 95.3 |
| Unemployed | 46 | 4.7 |