Journal of Population Sciences
From: Relationship between Religion and Unintended Childbearing in Nigeria: A Cross-Regional Perspective
Characteristics | Percent | p value |
---|---|---|
Religious affiliation | ||
Catholic | 17.5 | 0.000 |
Other Christians | 23.3 | |
Muslims | 6.7 | |
Traditionalist/no religion | 20.0 | |
Region of residence | ||
North-central | 11.5 | 0.000 |
North-east | 8.0 | |
North-west | 5.3 | |
South-east/South-south | 27.4 | |
South-west | 17.7 | |
Women’s age | ||
15–24 years | 13.8 | 0.000 |
25–34 years | 11.1 | |
35 years and above | 15.2 | |
Women’s education | ||
None | 5.7 | 0.000 |
Primary | 15.8 | |
Secondary | 20.9 | |
Post-secondary | 12.9 | |
Place of residence | ||
Rural | 11.2 | 0.000 |
Urban | 15.8 | |
Employment status | ||
Working | 13.8 | 0.000 |
Not working | 11.0 | |
Type of employment status | ||
Not working | 11.0 | 0.000 |
Working and paid in cash only | 13.8 | |
Working and receiving cash and in-kind | 11.5 | |
Working and not paid | 15.4 | |
Women’s participation in their own health decision-making | ||
Participated in her own health decision-making | 15.0 | 0.000 |
Not involved in her own health decision-making | 11.5 | |
Household wealth quintile | ||
First | 7.3 | 0.000 |
Second | 9.6 | |
Third | 15.7 | |
Fourth | 18.8 | |
Fifth | 14.9 | |
Head of household sex | ||
Male | 11.5 | 0.000 |
Female | 25.9 | |
Mass media exposure to family planning message | ||
No exposure | 11.8 | 0.000 |
Exposed to one mass media source | 14.7 | |
Exposed to two mass media sources | 17.1 | |
Exposed to three mass media sources | 9.8 | |
Type of marital union | ||
Never married | 64.1 | 0.000 |
Monogamous | 11.9 | |
Polygamous | 9.2 | |
Previously married or separated | 22.3 | |
Number of living children | ||
None | 10.3 | 0.000 |
1–2 children | 12.5 | |
3–4 children | 10.7 | |
5 children and above | 15.8 |