Variable

Frequency (n = 560)

Percentage

Age group (yrs)

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