Table 1.

Respondents’ demographic, health and spousal violence profile, Nigeria, 2008–2013

Characteristic	Frequency (n = 8664)	Percentage	Characteristic	Frequency (n = 8664)	Percentage
Parity			Household characteristic:
Childless	239	2.8	Type of marriage
Only one child	250	2.9	Monogamy	5455	63.0
Two or more children	8175	94.3	Polygyny	3209	37.0
Maternal age (years)			Partner alcoholic consumption
35–39	3416	39.4	Does not drink	6946	80.2
40–44	2725	31.5	Drinks	1718	19.8
45–49	2523	29.1	Household wealth
Maternal education			Poorest	1934	22.3
None	4349	50.2	Poorer	1683	19.4
Primary	1932	22.3	Middle	1631	18.8
Secondary	1654	19.1	Richer	1607	18.6
Higher	729	8.4	Richest	1809	20.9
Pregnancy termination			Family power relation
Ever experienced	1428	16.5	Not male dominated	3318	38.3
Never experienced	7236	83.5	Male dominated	5346	61.7
Age at first marriage			Community characteristic: Attitude to wife-battery (Proportion justified wife-battery)
Less than 15 years	2316	26.7
15–19 years	3335	38.5
20–24 years	1794	20.7	Low	4453	51.4
25 years or older	1219	14.1	High	4211	48.6
Spousal physical violence			Family-of-origin violence: (Proportion witnessed interparental violence)
Never experienced	7825	90.3
Ever experienced	839	9.7	Low	4522	52.2
Spousal sexual violence			High	4142	47.8
Never experienced	8435	97.4	Community residence type
Ever experienced	229	2.6	Urban	3328	38.4
Spousal emotional violence			Rural	5336	61.6
Never experienced	7142	82.4	Geographic region
Ever experienced	1522	17.6	North-central	1157	13.4
Spousal violence (at least one type)			North-east	1220	14.1
Never experienced	6804	78.5	North-west	2906	33.5
Ever experienced	1860	21.5	South-east	1023	11.8
			South-south	916	10.6
			South-west	1442	16.6
Total	8664	100.0	Total	8664	100.0

Source: Authors’ analysis based on 2008 and 2013 pooled data from Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey