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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of ever or currently married women, Nigeria 2003*

From: Geographical variations and contextual effects on age of initiation of sexual intercourse among women in Nigeria: a multilevel and spatial analysis

Measure/variable

Weighted sample (percentage)

Dependent variable

 

Early sexual debut (15 years or less)

 

   Yes

2755 (48.4)

   No

2937 (51.6)

Individual characteristics

 

Age (completed years)

 

   15 – 24

1523 (26.8)

   25 – 34

2106 (37.0)

   35+

2063 (36.2)

Education

 

   No education

3044 (53.5)

   Primary

1266 (22.2)

   Secondary or higher

1381 (24.3)

Ethnicity

 

   Hausa/Fulani

2387 (41.9)

   Igbo

582 (10.2)

   Yoruba

535 (9.4)

   Others

2168 (38.1)

Religion

 

   Christian

2156 (37.9)

   Islam

3444 (60.5)

   Others

89 (1.6)

Community characteristics

 

Type of residence

 

   Rural

3907 (68.6)

   Urban

1785 (31.4)

Community ethnic diversity, Mean (SE)

3.7 (0.09)

Community median age of marriage, Mean (SE)

16.2 (0.11)

Community median spousal age gap, Mean (SE)

9.7 (0.08)

Geopolitical region

 

   North-central

807 (14.2)

   North-east

1197 (21.2)

   North-west

1949 (34.2)

   South-east

396 (7.0)

   South-south

764 (13.4)

   South-west

579 (10.2)

  1. Abbreviation – SE – Standard Error
  2. Number of ethnic group in a community, represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different ethnic group
  3. *Data source – 2003 Nigerian Demographic and Survey. Sample size – 5531