Journal of Population Sciences
Variable | All Ethnic Groups | Hausa-Fulani | Igbo | Yoruba | ||||
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Stayers | Migrants | Stayers | Migrants | Stayers | Migrants | Stayers | Migrants | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Age | ||||||||
 15–19 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | – | 0.4 | – |
 20–24 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
 25–29 | 14.7 | 11.9 | 16.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 8.5 |
 30–34 | 17.6 | 21.8 | 17.9 | 19.2 | 16.1 | 24.0 | 18.1 | 21.3 |
 35–39 | 20.1 | 24.9 | 19.9 | 27.2 | 18.7 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 26.6 |
 40–44 | 18.4 | 20.4 | 16.2 | 24.9 | 22.8 | 17.8 | 21.3 | 14.9 |
 45–49 | 22.0 | 16.5 | 20.6 | 12.3 | 26.5 | 18.3 | 22.2 | 24.5 |
Religion | ||||||||
 Catholic | 8.0 | 23.2 | – | 9.4 | 40.5 | 37.6 | 1.4 | 5.3 |
 Other Christian | 22.2 | 39.9 | 0.2 | 12.7 | 55.6 | 60.2 | 62.2 | 46.8 |
 Islam | 68.6 | 37.0 | 99.3 | 77.9 | – | 2.2 | 35.8 | 47.9 |
 Traditionalist | 0.8 | – | 0.1 | – | 3.5 | – | 0.5 | – |
 Others | 0.4 | – | 0.5 | – | 0.4 | – | 0.1 | – |
Highest education | ||||||||
 None | 57.3 | 31.8 | 85.2 | 72.5 | 14.1 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
 Primary | 19.2 | 17.1 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 39.0 | 22.8 | 30.7 | 17.0 |
 Secondary | 19.1 | 35.2 | 4.3 | 13.8 | 38.3 | 47.8 | 49.2 | 58.5 |
 Higher | 4.4 | 15.9 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 25.4 | 12.7 | 17.0 |
 Wealth Index |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 Poor | 51.7 | 25.9 | 73.7 | 60.5 | 24.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | – |
 Middle | 17.1 | 5.8 | 13.9 | 5.5 | 29.7 | 5.7 | 14.9 | 7.4 |
 Rich | 31.2 | 68.3 | 12.4 | 34.0 | 45.4 | 90.9 | 80.2 | 92.6 |
Place of residence | ||||||||
 Urban | 38.4 | 67.3 | 20.2 | 36.9 | 64.5 | 86.4 | 73.2 | 93.6 |
 Rural | 61.6 | 32.7 | 79.8 | 63.1 | 35.5 | 13.6 | 26.8 | 6.4 |
Children ever born | ||||||||
 1–4 | 29.9 | 47.1 | 23.2 | 28.9 | 31.3 | 59.3 | 51.2 | 59.6 |
 5–8 | 46.6 | 41.4 | 44.9 | 46.2 | 53.1 | 37.9 | 45.5 | 40.4 |
 9+ | 23.5 | 11.4 | 31.9 | 24.8 | 15.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | – |
Number of observations | 57,250 | 1,939 | 35,762 | 778 | 10,970 | 973 | 10,518 | 188 |