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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2015 May 23;130(Suppl 3):E42–E46. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.05.006

Table 2:

Descriptive statistics of selected socio-demographic and other characteristics of the respondents, Ibadan and Kaduna, Nigeria, 2012. (n=2341)1

Variable n Unweighted
average/%
Weighted
average/%
Level of exposure to NURHI communication programs
 Zero
 Low
 Medium
 High

363
651
635
692

15.5
27.8
27.1
29.6

15.9
27.7
26,2
30.2
Education
 None
 Primary
 Secondary
 Post-secondary

136
238
1221
746

5.8
10.2
52.2
31.8

5.1
11.0
53.0
30.9
Religion
 Christians
 Moslem

989
1352

48.0
52.0

46.4
53.6
Marital Status
 Never married
 Currently married/cohabiting
 Divorced/Widowed/Separated

983
1315
43

42.0
56.2
1.8

41.4
57.0
1.6
Employment Status
 Worked during last 12 months
 Did not work during last 12 months

1808
533

77.2
22.8

78.4
21.6
Household socio-economic status
 Very poor
 Poor
 Medium
 Rich
 Very rich

455
424
467
468
527

19.4
18.1
20.0
20.0
22.5

19.8
20.5
19.9
20.3
19.4
City of Residence
 Ibadan
 Kaduna

1218
1123

52.0
48.0

52.4
47.6
Average age in years (95% CI) 2341 33.2 33.1 (32.4, 33.9)
Average number of children-ever-born (95% CI) 2341 2.2 2.3 (2.0, 2.6)
Average media saturation in community (EA) of residence (95% CI) (range: 0-3) 2341 1.77 1.79 (1.71, 1.87)

Six men who were neither Moslem nor Christian were excluded for statistical reasons. Additionally, 11 men who lived in clusters with fewer than 10 subjects were also excluded from the analysis.