Variable | Frequency (n = 560) | Percentage |
Age group (yrs) |
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15 - 19 | 14 | 2.5 |
20 - 24 | 66 | 11.8 |
25 - 29 | 143 | 25.5 |
30 - 34 | 109 | 19.5 |
35 - 39 | 92 | 16.4 |
40 - 44 | 94 | 16.8 |
45 - 49 | 42 | 7.5 |
Mean age = 32.7 ± 7.7 |
|
|
Marital status |
|
|
Currently married | 365 | 65.9 |
Single | 98 | 17.5 |
Co-habiting | 58 | 10.4 |
Previously married | 39 | 7.2 |
Educational status |
|
|
Primary | 23 | 4.1 |
Secondary | 293 | 52.3 |
Tertiary | 244 | 43.6 |
Religion |
|
|
Catholics | 251 | 44.8 |
Pentecostal | 178 | 31.8 |
Orthodox | 114 | 20.4 |
Traditional religion | 17 | 3.0 |
Employment status |
|
|
Employed | 410 | 73.2 |
Unemployed | 150 | 26.8 |
Tribe |
|
|
Igbo | 550 | 98.2 |
Non-Igbo | 10 | 1.8 |
Family type (for currently married and cohabiting) (n = 423) | ||
Monogamy | 390 | 92.2 |
Polygamy | 33 | 7.8 |
No. of living children (n = 462) |
|
|
None | 65 | 14.5 |
1 - 4 | 281 | 60.8 |
>4 | 114 | 26.9 |