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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Percent of women who experienced unintended in the past 2 years in Nigeria (NDHS 2018), N = 13,109

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