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Table 5 Association between latent class membership and selected participant characteristics

From: Preferences in adolescents and young people’s sexual and reproductive health services in Nigeria: a discrete choice experiment

Participant characteristics

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Test of association

No. (%)

No. (%)

No. (%)

Local Government Area

χ(2) = 8.1464

p = 0.017

 Abeokuta South LGA

120 (27.8)

139 (32.2)

173 (40.0)

 Ijebu East LGA

86 (20.1)

137 (32.1)

204 (47.8)

Occupation

χ(4) = 8.2687

p = 0.082

 Student

120 (26.1)

158 (34.3)

182 (39.6)

 Apprentice/Artisan

59 (22.2)

75 (28.2)

132 (49.6)

 Others

27 (20.3)

43 (32.3)

63 (47.4)

Educational status

χ(6) = 65.6113

p < 0.001

 None

2 (7.4)

6 (22.2)

19 (70.4)

 Primary

18 (17.3)

22 (21.2)

64 (61.5)

 Secondary

157 (23.0)

235 (34.5)

290 (42.5)

 Higher

29 (63.0)

13 (28.3)

4 (8.7)

Subj socioeconomic standing

χ(4) = 100.0104

p < 0.001

 Lower

35 (10.8)

92 (28.4)

197 (60.8)

 Middle

103 (26.6)

151 (39.0)

133 (34.4)

 Higher

68 (45.9)

33 (22.3)

47 (31.8)

Sexual history

χ(4) = 9.0371

p = 0.060

 Didn't use FP

139 (27.0)

156 (30.3)

220 (42.7)

 Used FP

46 (21.5)

77 (36.0)

91 (42.5)

 Never had sex

21 (16.2)

43 (33.1)

66 (50.8)

Total

206 (24.0)

276 (32.1)

377 (43.9)