Table 4 Individual compositional and community contextual factors associated with early sexual debut among ever or currently marriage Nigeria women identified by multivariable multilevel logistic regressions^‡

Fixed effects

Individual characteristics

Age (completed years)

   15 – 24

1

1

   25 – 34

1.02 (0.87, 1.21)

1.05 (0.89, 1.24)

   35+

1.19 (1.02, 1.41)*

1.24 (1.05, 1.47)**

Education

   No education

1

1

   Primary

0.69 (0.59, 0.80)***

0.74 (0.62, 0.88)***

   Secondary or higher

0.26 (0.22, 0.70)***

0.30 (0.25, 0.36)***

Ethnicity

   Hausa/Fulani

1

1

   Igbo

0.35 (0.23, 0.52)***

0.53 (0.34, 0.80)**

   Yoruba

0.22 (0.14, 0.33)***

0.32 (0.21, 0.48)***

   Others

0.56 (0.45, 0.70)***

0.63 (0.51, 0.78)***

Religion

   Islam

1

1

   Christian

0.77 (0.61, 0.96)*

0.81 (0.64, 1.02)

   Others

1.02 (0.65, 1.59)

0.92 (0.60, 1.45)

Community characteristics

Type of residence

   Urban

1.10 (0.95, 1.25)

   Rural

1

Community ethnic diversity^†

0.98 (0.95, 1.01)

Community median age of marriage

0.77 (0.77, 0.81)***

Community median spousal age gap

1.01 (0.98, 1.05)

Geopolitical region

   North-central

0.44 (0.31, 0.64)***

   North-east

0.40 (0.24, 0.66)***

   North-west

0.48 (0.30, 0.77)**

   South-east

0.43 (0.24, 0.75)**

   South-south

1

   South-west

0.57 (0.34, 0.96)*

Constant

Random effects

State-level

   Variance (SE)

1.058 (0.289)***

0.220 (0.084)**

0.057 (0.03)

   VPC (%)

22.8

6.1

1.7

   Explained variation (%)

Reference

79.2

94.6

Community-level

   Variance (SE)

0.280 (0.057)***

0.104 (0.039)**

0.021 (0.017)

   VPC (%)

6.0

2.9

0.6

   Explained variation (%)

Reference

62.8

92.5

Model fit statistics

   DIC

6543

6255

6219

   Sample size

State-level

36

36

36

Community-level

177

177

177

Individual-level

5531

5508

5508