Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Background characteristics of study participants (NDHS 2018), N = 13,109
From: Relationship between Religion and Unintended Childbearing in Nigeria: A Cross-Regional Perspective
Characteristics | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Last birth intention | ||
Intended | 11,432 | 87.2 |
Unintended | 1677 | 12.8 |
Religious affiliation | ||
Catholic | 1146 | 8.7 |
Other Christians | 3986 | 30.4 |
Muslims | 7867 | 60.0 |
Traditionalist/no religion | 110 | 0.8 |
Region of residence | ||
North-central | 2303 | 17.6 |
North-east | 2810 | 21.4 |
North-west | 3926 | 30.0 |
South-east/south-south | 2706 | 20.6 |
South-west | 1364 | 10.4 |
Women’s age | ||
15–24 years | 3980 | 30.3 |
25–34 years | 6408 | 48.9 |
35 years and above | 2721 | 20.8 |
Women’s education | ||
None | 5780 | 44.1 |
Primary | 1976 | 15.1 |
Secondary | 4334 | 33.0 |
Post-secondary | 1019 | 7.8 |
Place of residence | ||
Rural | 8648 | 66.0 |
Urban | 4461 | 34.0 |
Employment status | ||
Working | 8500 | 66.0 |
Not working | 4609 | 34.0 |
Type of employment status | ||
Not working | 4609 | 35.2 |
Working and paid in cash only | 5951 | 45.4 |
Working and receiving cash and in-kind | 1127 | 8.6 |
Working and not paid | 1422 | 10.9 |
Women’s participation in their own health decision-making | ||
Participated in own health decision-making | 4815 | 36.7 |
Not involved in own health decision-making | 8294 | 63.3 |
Sex of head of household | ||
Male | 11,896 | 90.8 |
Female | 1213 | 9.2 |
Household wealth quintile | ||
First | 3030 | 23.1 |
Second | 3049 | 23.3 |
Third | 2763 | 21.1 |
Fourth | 2404 | 18.3 |
Fifth | 1863 | 14.2 |
Mass media exposure to family planning message | ||
No exposure | 8957 | 68.3 |
Exposed to one mass media source | 2567 | 19.6 |
Exposed to two mass media sources | 1226 | 9.4 |
Exposed to three mass media sources | 359 | 2.7 |
Type of marital union | ||
Never married | 348 | 2.7 |
Monogamous | 8888 | 67.8 |
Polygamous | 3581 | 27.3 |
Previously married or separated | 292 | 2.2 |
Number of living children | ||
None | 184 | 1.4 |
1–2 children | 5341 | 40.7 |
3–4 children | 4077 | 31.1 |
5 children and above | 3507 | 26.8 |