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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 3 Sociodemographic dimensions of children ever born (stayers and migrants)

From: Ethnic fertility behavior and internal migration in Nigeria: revisiting the migrant fertility hypotheses

Sociodemographic variable

All stayers

All migrants

Hausa-Fulani

Igbo stayers

Yoruba stayers

Stayer

Migrants

Stayer

Migrants

Stayer

Migrants

Age

 15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

–

1.0

–

 20–24

2.0

2.0

3.0

3.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.5

 25–29

4.0

3.0

4.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

 30–34

6.0

4.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

 35–39

7.0

5.0

8.0

7.0

6.0

4.0

5.0

4.0

 40–44

7.0

6.0

9.0

9.0

7.0

5.0

5.0

4.0

 45–49

8.0

6.0

10.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

Religion

 Catholic

6.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

6.0

4.0

4.0

2.0

 Other Christian

5.0

4.0

5.0

7.0

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

 Islam

7.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

4.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

 Traditionalist

7.0

–

7.0

–

7.0

–

5.0

–

 Others

1.0

–

8.0

–

4.0

–

4.0

–

Highest education

 None

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

3.0

 Primary

6.0

6.0

6.0

7.0

7.0

5.0

5.0

4.5

 Secondary

4.0

4.0

5.0

4.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

 Higher

4.0

4.0

5.0

3.5

4.0

4.0

3.0

4.0

Wealth index

 Poor

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

–

 Middle

6.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

 Rich

5.0

4.0

6.0

4.0

5.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

Place of residence

 Urban

5.0

4.0

6.0

5.0

6.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

 Rural

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.0

6.0

5.0

5.0