Table 1.
Mean characteristics of women for the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Nigeria, by survey year. Characteristics that were not included in a given survey are marked with “-”
| Characteristic | Survey Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1999 | 2003 | 2008 | 2013 | |
| Age | 28.17 | 27.95 | 28.02 | 28.65 | 28.86 |
| Wealth Quintile | - | - | 3.07 | 2.92 | 3.12 |
| Married | 76.3% | 70.2% | 67.7% | 71.8% | 70.0% |
| Number of Children | 3.20 | 2.84 | 3.02 | 3.14 | 3.07 |
| Religion | |||||
| Christian | 47.3% | 53.9% | 51.0% | 51.7% | 51.2% |
| Islam | 48.7% | 44.3% | 47.3% | 46.5% | 47.9% |
| Traditional/Other/None | 4.0% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 0.9% |