Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents (N = 491)
| Variables | n (%) |
| Age group (years) | |
| ≤40 | 315 (64.2) |
| <40 | 176 (35.8) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 234 (47.7) |
| Male | 257 (52.3) |
| Educational status | |
| No formal education | 75 (15.3) |
| Primary | 153 (31.2) |
| Secondary | 211 (43.0) |
| Tertiary | 52 (10.6) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 118 (24.0) |
| Married | 351 (71.5) |
| Widowed | 22 (4.5) |
| Ethnic group | |
| Igbo | 128 (26.1) |
| Other | 250 (50.9) |
| Yoruba | 113 (23.0) |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | 453 (92.3) |
| Islam | 18 (3.7) |
| Traditional religion | 20 (4.1) |
| Occupation | |
| Civil service | 44 (9.0) |
| Farmer | 415 (84.5) |
| Other | 32 (6.5) |
| Monthly household income sources | |
| Irregular | 226 (46.0) |
| No defined income | 119 (40.5) |
| Regular income | 66 (13.5) |