Table 2.

Characteristics of mothers and children in study group: Nigeria, 2013

	Urban	Rural
Child characteristics
Birth order (continuous)	3.6	4.1
Gender (male)	49.5%	49.5%
Preceding birth interval (months)	37.9	36.4
Mother characteristics
Age at child's birth (years)	28.4	27.2
Education
No education	21.1%	61.7%
Primary school	21.6%	18.6%
Secondary school	44.4%	17.4%
Higher than secondary school	12.9%	2.2%
Not married	4.3%	3.4%
Household characteristics
Household size	6.6	7.4
Wealth
Poorest	3.0%	33.5%
Poorer	6.6%	30.9%
Middle	16.0%	21.0%
Richer	32.3%	10.9%
Richest	42.1%	3.7%
Ethnicity
Hausa/Fulani	26.9%	50.2%
Igbo/Ig	23.3%	4.8%
Yoruba	25.4%	4.5%
Other	24.3%	40.5%
Region
North Central	8.9%	18.0%
North East	11.5%	20.2%
North West	23.4%	41.3%
South East	17.5%	4.2%
South South	8.9%	9.5%
South West	29.8%	6.8%
N	8,507	15,961

Source: Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey, 2013.