Demographic variables | Frequency | Percentage |
Age group | n | % |
≤25 | 10 | 5.7 |
26 - 30 | 32 | 18.4 |
31 - 35 | 34 | 19.5 |
36 - 40 | 54 | 31.0 |
≥40 | 44 | 25.3 |
Ethnicity |
|
|
Hausa/Fulani | 28 | 16.1 |
Yoruba | 6 | 3.4 |
Igbo | 5 | 2.9 |
Plateau indigene | 109 | 62.6 |
Others | 26 | 14.9 |
Religion |
|
|
Christianity | 141 | 81.0 |
Islam | 33 | 19.0 |
Educational level |
|
|
None | 9 | 5.2 |
Quranic | 6 | 3.4 |
Primary | 55 | 31.6 |
Secondary | 58 | 33.3 |
Tertiary | 46 | 26.4 |
Marital status |
|
|
Single | 21 | 12.1 |
Married | 92 | 52.9 |
Separated | 13 | 7.5 |
Divorced | 13 | 7.5 |
Widowed | 33 | 19.0 |
Cohabiting | 2 | 1.1 |
Type of marriage |
|
|
Monogamous | 116 | 77.9 |
Polygamous | 33 | 22.1 |
Number of children |
|
|
0 | 3 | 2.1 |
1 - 2 | 73 | 51.0 |
3 - 4 | 53 | 37.1 |
>4 | 14 | 9.8 |
Occupational status* |
|
|
Group 1 | 16 | 9.2 |
Group 2 | 18 | 10.3 |
Group 3 | 16 | 9.2 |
Group 4 | 49 | 28.2 |
Group 5 | 46 | 26.4 |
Group 6 | 29 | 16.7 |
Socio-economic class |
|
|
Upper | 42 | 24.1 |
Lower | 132 | 75.9 |
Place of Residence |
|
|
Urban | 124 | 71.3 |
Rural | 50 | 28.7 |