Table 1 Characteristics of female respondents age 15 to 49 overall and by number of reported female confidantes in Nigeria
All respondents | 0 confidantes | ≥ 1 confidante | ≥ 2 confidantes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 11,106 | 4788 | 5883 | 1953 |
Age | ||||
15–19 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 19.8 | 18.8 |
20–24 | 16.2 | 14.9 | 17.5 | 16.5 |
25–29 | 18.8 | 17.2 | 20.1 | 19.0 |
30–34 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.5 |
35–39 | 13.9 | 15.5 | 12.7 | 14.0 |
40–44 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 9.2 | 10.0 |
45–49 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
Education | ||||
Never | 17.5 | 19.0 | 14.8 | 15.9 |
Primary | 15.2 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 12.1 |
Secondary | 46.9 | 46.9 | 48.1 | 44.6 |
Higher | 20.3 | 17.6 | 22.8 | 27.3 |
Marital status | ||||
Currently married/cohabiting | 63.7 | 66.4 | 61.1 | 62.6 |
Divorced or separated/widowed | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
Never married | 31.5 | 28.1 | 34.6 | 33.3 |
Religion of household | ||||
Catholic | 14.7 | 13.1 | 15.8 | 17.6 |
Other Christian | 44.0 | 44.1 | 45.4 | 44.7 |
Muslim | 39.2 | 41.2 | 36.4 | 35.6 |
Other | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.0 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Hausa | 21.0 | 22.8 | 19.0 | 19.6 |
Igbo | 22.5 | 21.0 | 23.6 | 24.6 |
Other | 56.5 | 56.2 | 57.4 | 55.9 |
Wealth | ||||
Poorest | 23.2 | 23.1 | 22.2 | 20.2 |
Second poorest | 20.2 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 20.3 |
Middle | 17.6 | 19.5 | 16.4 | 15.4 |
Second wealthiest | 18.6 | 18.1 | 19.4 | 19.3 |
Wealthiest | 20.5 | 19.1 | 21.8 | 24.8 |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 42.9 | 39.3 | 44.7 | 46.0 |
Urban | 57.1 | 60.7 | 55.3 | 54.0 |
State | ||||
Anambra | 12.8 | 10.3 | 14.4 | 15.4 |
Kaduna | 9.5 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 7.9 |
Kano | 13.1 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 12.5 |
Lagos | 21.4 | 22.4 | 21.4 | 22.2 |
Nasarawa | 13.4 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 12.8 |
Rivers | 17.0 | 17.8 | 17.1 | 18.3 |
Taraba | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 10.9 |
Parity | ||||
0 | 35.1 | 31.9 | 37.9 | 35.8 |
1–2 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 25.7 | 25.0 |
3–4 | 21.7 | 23.2 | 20.6 | 21.3 |
5+ | 18.1 | 20.1 | 15.8 | 18.0 |
Current contraceptive use | ||||
No | 75.8 | 78.0 | 73.5 | 71.4 |
Yes | 24.2 | 22.0 | 26.5 | 28.6 |
Unadjusted likely abortion incidence | 41.1 | 30.3 | 51.4 | 39.4 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |