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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of reproductive-age women living in six cities in Nigeria

From: Gender norms and modern contraceptive use in urban Nigeria: a multilevel longitudinal study

 

2010/2011 survey

2014 survey

Weighted %

Weighted %

Age in years

 15–24

35.0

23.1

 25–34

37.1

38.5

 35–49

27.9

38.4

Education

 None/Quranic

11.7

9.9

 Primary

14.8

15.1

 Secondary

50.6

43.5

 Higher

22.9

31.5

Union status

 Currently in-union

65.2

71.5

 Not currently in-union

34.8

28.5

Religion

 Muslim

53.5

50.7

 Non-Muslim (Christian, traditional, none)

46.5

49.3

Parity

 0 children

33.9

26.0

 1–4 children

46.1

49.1

 5 or more children

20.0

24.9

Household wealth

 Poorest

16.6

19.0

 Poor

18.8

19.5

 Middle

20.4

20.5

 Rich

22.6

21.0

 Richest

21.6

20.0

City of residence

 Abuja

12.5

13.0

 Benin

10.5

13.1

 Ibadan

18.0

20.2

 Ilorin

16.4

15.5

 Kaduna

27.1

25.5

 Zaria

15.5

12.7

Number of women

9933

Number of clusters

480

Mean number of women per cluster (standard deviation)

26.7 (11.4)

Median number of women per cluster (range

24 (5–63)