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. 2021 Jun 25;16(6):e0253705. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253705

Table 1. Summary of individual covariates analysed.

All women respondents
Variables Number of respondents Percentage (%)
Place of Residence
Urban 14625 42.0
Rural 20212 58.0
Current marital status
Never married 8409 24.1
Ever married 26427 75.9
Religion
Others 260 0.8
Christians 17879 51.3
Islam 16698 47.9
Ethnicity
Others 13301 38.2
Hausa/Fulani 11097 31.9
Igbo 5970 17.1
Yoruba 4469 12.8
Woman’s highest educational level
No education 11134 32.0
Primary 5289 15.2
Secondary 14417 41.3
Higher 3997 11.5
Wealth Index
Poorest 5914 17.0
Poorer 6650 19.1
Middle 7433 21.3
Richer 7742 22.2
Richest 7098 20.4
Respondent’s working status
Currently working 23104 66.3
Not currently working 11733 33.7
Access to mass media
Newspaper
Yes 5744 16.5
No 29122 83.5
Radio
Yes 20058 57.6
No 14779 42.4
Television
Yes 18338 52.6
No 16499 47.4
Talked about testing for HIV during antenatal visit
Yes 9384 77.2
No 2766 22.8
Woman’s age at the time of survey A continuous variable measured in year
Woman’s age at marriage (ever-married women) A continuous variable measured in year