Table 2 Background characteristics of study participants
Background characteristics | Freq. (%) N = 859 |
|---|---|
Local Government Area | |
Urban LGA | 432 (50.3) |
Rural LGA | 427 (49.7) |
Sex | |
Female | 430 (50.1) |
Male | 429 (49.9) |
Age group | |
15–19 years | 589 (68.6) |
20–24 years | 270 (31.4) |
Occupation | |
Farming | 11 (1.3) |
Student | 460 (53.6) |
Apprentice/Artisan | 266 (31.0) |
Self-employed/Trading | 61 (7.1) |
Unemployed | 20 (2.3) |
Others | 41 (4.8) |
Educational status | |
None | 27 (3.1) |
Primary | 104 (12.1) |
Secondary | 682 (79.4) |
Higher | 46 (5.4) |
Marital status | |
Married | 54 (6.3) |
Divorced/Separated | 4 (0.5) |
Never married | 801 (93.2) |
Religion | |
Islam | 292 (34) |
Orthodox (Non-Catholic Christian) | 147 (17.1) |
Catholic Christian | 52 (6.1) |
Pentecostal Christian | 336 (39.1) |
Others | 32 (3.7) |
Ethnicity | |
Igbo | 53 (6.2) |
Yoruba | 758 (88.2) |
Others | 48 (5.6) |
Subjective socioeconomic standing (terciles) | |
Lower | 324 (37.7) |
Middle | 387 (45.1) |
Higher | 148 (17.2) |
Ever used primary or secondary health facility | |
No | 355 (41.3) |
Yes | 504 (58.7) |
Sexual behavior | |
Never had sex | 130 (15.1) |
Used contraceptive in last sexual encounter | 214 (24.9) |
Didn’t use contraceptive in last sexual encounter | 515 (60.0) |
Ever had STI | |
No | 784 (91.3) |
Yes | 75 (8.7) |