Multi-level predictors of sexual autonomy among married women in Nigeria

BMC Women's Health

Table 1 Respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics

Characteristic	Number of women	Percentage	Characteristic	Number of women	Percentage
Sexual autonomy			Type of marriage
Sexually autonomous	4979	58.2	Monogamy	6643	77.6
Not sexually autonomous	3579	41.8	Polygyny	1915	22.4
Maternal age group			Family decision
15.24	1792	20.9	Egalitarian	3104	36.3
25–34	3709	43.4	Male dominated	5454	63.7
35 +	3057	35.7	Spousal living arrangement
Parity			Living together	7555	88.3
Primiparity	3225	37.7	Living separately	1003	11.7
Multiparity	2438	28.5	Household wealth quintile
Grand Multiparity	2895	33.8	Poorest	1538	18.0
Nature of first marriage			Poorer	1633	19.1
Child marriage	4031	47.1	Middle	1722	20.1
Not child marriage	4527	52.9	Richer	1784	20.8
Maternal education			Richest	1881	22.0
None	3179	37.1	Community residency type
Primary	1383	16.2	Urban	3868	45.2
Secondary	3084	36.0	Rural	4690	54.8
Higher	912	10.7	Geographic region
Media exposure			Northern	4801	56.1
Low	2634	30.8	Southern	3757	43.9
Moderate	3933	46.0	Community literacy
High	1991	23.2	Low	3023	35.3
Work status			Middle	2729	31.9
Unemployed	2420	28.3	High	2806	32.8
Employed	6138	71.7	Female financial inclusion in community
Religion			Low	4026	47.0
Christianity	4037	47.2	Middle	1590	18.6
Islam	4521	52.8	High	2942	34.4
Spousal violence			Rejection of wife-beating in community
Ever experienced	2547	29.8	Low	3022	35.3
Never experienced	6011	70.2	Middle	1436	16.8
Alcoholic consumption			High	4100	47.9
Partner does not drink	6497	75.9	Female ownership of assets in community
Partner drinks	2061	24.1	Low	3468	40.5
Degree of marital control			Middle	2831	33.1
Low	3577	41.8	High	2259	26.4
Moderate	3465	40.5
High	1516	17.7
Total	8558	100.0	Total	8558	100.0

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