The background characteristics of women of reproductive age in Nigeria
| Variables | No childbirth experience, n=7933 | At least a childbirth experience, n=18 602 | Total n=26 535 | P value |
| n (% column) | n (% column) | n (% column) | ||
| Demographic | ||||
| Age (year) | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 20.3 (6.2) | 32.8 (8.6) | 29.1 (9.8) | <0.001 |
| Age group (years) | ||||
| 15–19 | 4789 (60.4) | 742 (4.0) | 5531 (20.8) | <0.001 |
| 20–24 | 1700 (21.4) | 2705 (14.5) | 4405 (16.6) | |
| 25–29 | 760 (9.6) | 3690 (19.8) | 3690 (19.8) | |
| 30–34 | 318 (4.0) | 3343 (18.0) | 3343 (18.0) | |
| 35–39 | 177 (2.2) | 3129 (16.8) | 3129 (16.8) | |
| 40–44 | 105 (1.3) | 2550 (13.7) | 2550 (13.7) | |
| 45–49 | 84 (1.1) | 2443 (13.1) | 2443 (13.1) | |
| Region | ||||
| North Central | 1537 (19.4%) | 3412 (18.3%) | 4949 (18.7%) | <0.001 |
| North East | 1274 (16.1) | 3740 (20.1) | 5014 (18.9) | |
| North West | 1588 (20.0) | 5115 (27.5) | 6703 (27.5) | |
| South East | 1359 (17.1) | 2073 (11.1) | 2073 (11.1) | |
| South South | 1011 (12.7) | 2074 (11.2) | 2074 (11.2) | |
| South West | 1164 (14.7) | 2188 (11.8) | 2188 (11.7) | |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 3885 (49.0) | 6745 (36.3) | 10 630 (40.1) | |
| Rural | 4048 (51.0) | 11 857 (63.7) | 15 905 (59.9) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Fulani | 372 (4.7) | 1586 (8.5) | 1958 (7.4) | <0.001 |
| Hausa | 1674 (21.1) | 5411 (29.1) | 7085 (26.7) | |
| Igbo | 1649 (20.8) | 2525 (13.6) | 4174 (15.7) | |
| Yoruba | 1140 (14.4) | 2133 (11.5) | 3273 (12.3) | |
| Others ethnic minorities | 3098 (39.1) | 6947 (37.3) | 10 045 (37.8) | |
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic | 1042 (13.1) | 1747 (9.4) | 2789 (10.5) | <0.001 |
| Other Christians | 3507 (44.2) | 6417 (34.5) | 9924 (37.4) | |
| Islam | 3336 (42.1) | 10 275 (55.2) | 13 611 (51.3) | |
| Traditional | 23 (0.3) | 73 (0.4) | 96 (0.4) | |
| Others | 25 (0.3) | 90 (0.5) | 115 (0.4) | |
| Highest education level | ||||
| No education | 1290 (16.2) | 8127 (43.7) | 9417 (35.5) | <0.001 |
| Primary | 698 (8.8) | 3271 (17.6) | 3969 (15.0) | |
| Secondary | 4758 (60.0) | 5600 (30.1) | 10 358 (39.0) | |
| Higher | 1187 (15.0) | 1604 (8.6) | 2791 (10.5) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| Not currently working | 4272 (53.8) | 5225 (28.1) | 9497 (35.8) | <0.001 |
| Working | 3661 (46.2) | 13 377 (71.9) | 17 038 (64.2) | |
| Wealth quintiles | ||||
| Poorest | 968 (12.2) | 4150 (22.3) | 5118 (19.3) | <0.001 |
| Poorer | 1297 (16.4) | 4104 (22.1) | 5401 (20.4) | |
| Middle | 1640 (20.7) | 3838 (20.6) | 5478 (20.6) | |
| Richer | 1957 (24.7) | 3542 (19.4) | 5499 (20.7) | |
| Richest | 2071 (26.1) | 2968 (16.0) | 5039 (19.0) | |
| Access to information | ||||
| Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine | ||||
| Not at all | 6158 (77.6) | 16 409 (88.2) | 22 567 (85.1) | <0.001 |
| Less than once a week | 1197 (15.1) | 1528 (8.2) | 2725 (10.3%) | |
| At least once a week | 578 (7.3%) | 665 (3.6%) | 1243 (4.7%) | |
| Frequency of listening to radio | ||||
| Not at all | 3438 (43.3%) | 8822 (47.4%) | 12 260 (46.2%) | <0.001 |
| Less than once a week | 2188 (27.6%) | 4629 (24.9%) | 6817 (25.7%) | |
| At least once a week | 2307 (29.1%) | 5151 (27.7%) | 7458 (28.1%) | |
| Frequency of watching TV | ||||
| Not at all | 3059 (38.5%) | 10 391 (55.9%) | 13 450 (50.7%) | <0.001 |
| Less than once a week | 1776 (22.4%) | 3405 (18.3%) | 5181 (19.5%) | |
| At least once a week | 3098 (39.1%) | 4806 (25.8%) | 7904 (29.8%) | |
| Owns a mobile phone | ||||
| No | 3617 (45.6%) | 8749 (47.0%) | 12 366 (46.6%) | 0.032 |
| Yes | 4316 (54.4%) | 9853 (53.0%) | 14 169 (53.4%) | |
| Use of Internet | ||||
| Never | 5724 (72.1%) | 16 763 (90.1%) | 22 487 (84.74%) | <0.001 |
| In the last 12 months | 2045 (25.8%) | 1614 (8.7%) | 3659 (13.8%) | |
| Before last 12 months | 164 (2.1%) | 225 (1.2%) | 225 (1.2%) | |
| Current use of contraceptive method | ||||
| No method | 7412 (93.4%) | 15 778 (84.8%) | 23 190 (87.4%) | <0.001 |
| Folkloric method | 7 (0.1%) | 90 (0.5%) | 97 (0.4%) | |
| Traditional method | 104 (1.3%) | 597 (3.2%) | 701 (2.6%) | |
| Modern method | 410 (5.2%) | 2137 (11.5%) | 2547 (9.6%) | |
| Reproductive/sexual history | ||||
| Currently pregnant | ||||
| No or unsure | 7454 (94.0%) | 16 477 (88.6%) | 23 931 (90.2%) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 479 (6.0%) | 2125 (11.4%) | 2604 (9.8%) | |
| Ever had a terminated pregnancy | ||||
| No | 7652 (96.5%) | 15 939 (85.7%) | 23 591 (88.9%) | <0.001 |
| Yes | 281 (3.5%) | 2663 (14.3%) | 2944 (11.1%) | |
| Age at first sex | ||||
| Not had sex | 4481 (56.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 4481 (16.9%) | <0.001 |
| <15 years | 323 (4.1%) | 3961 (21.3%) | 4284 (16.2%) | |
| 15–17 years | 1399 (17.6%) | 8375 (45.1%) | 9774 (36.9%) | |
| 18–25 years | 1630 (20.5%) | 5963 (32.1%) | 7593 (28.6%) | |
| >25 years | 100 (1.3%) | 280 (1.5%) | 380 (1.4%) |