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Table 1 Distribution of age at first marriage by explanatory variables

From: A multilevel analysis of prevalence and factors associated with female child marriage in Nigeria using the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data

Variables

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Age at first marriage (%)

p-value (χ2)

Individual-level variables

18 years and above

Below 18 years

Educational level

    

p < 0.001

 No education

2,104

46.33

15.23

84.77

 

 Primary

620

13.65

27.05

72.95

 

 Secondary and above

1,818

40.03

59.84

40.16

 

Currently working

    

p < 0.001

 Unemployed

2,024

44.55

30.11

69.89

 

 Employed

2,519

55.45

38.38

61.62

 

Religious affiliation

    

p < 0.001

 Christianity

1,299

28.59

61.05

38.95

 

 Islam

3,222

70.93

24.17

75.83

 

 Traditionalist and others

21

0.48

20.81

79.19

 

Ethnicity

    

p < 0.001

 Hausa

2,428

53.44

18.13

81.87

 

 Yoruba

400

8.82

74.07

25.93

 

 Igbo

311

6.86

74.29

25.71

 

 Others

1,403

30.89

43.33

56.67

 

Ever circumcised

    

P < 0.05

 No

4,370

96.18

34.19

65.81

 

 Yes

173

3.82

47.54

52.46

 

Parity

    

p < 0.001

 None

595

13.10

63.11

36.89

 

 1–3

3,743

82.39

31.89

68.11

 

 4–6

204

4.51

3.51

96.49

 

Media exposure

    

p < 0.001

 No

1,921

42.29

20.33

79.67

 

 Yes

2,622

57.71

45.22

54.78

 

Household/community level variables

    

Place of residence

    

p < 0.001

 Urban

1,427

31.43

52.21

47.79

 

 Rural

3,115

68.57

26.67

73.33

 

Wealth index

    

p < 0.001

 Poorest

1,094

24.09

16.27

83.73

 

 Poorer

1,186

26.12

21.15

78.05

 

 Middle

990

21.79

35.95

64.05

 

 Richer

808

17.70

56.54

43.46

 

 Richest

463

10.21

72.10

27.90

p < 0.001

Sex of household head

     

 Male

4,174

91.88

33.39

66.61

 

 Female

369

8.12

49.44

50.56

 

Region

    

p < 0.001

 North Central

696

15.33

46.86

53.14

 

 North East

927

20.42

21.91

78.09

 

 North West

1907

41.99

18.64

81.36

 

 South East

264

5.82

73.76

26.24

 

 South South

293

6.46

59.59

40.41

 

 South West

453

9.98

70.82

29.18

 

Community literacy level

    

p < 0.001

 Low

2,327

51.23

21.81

78.19

 

 Medium

739

16.28

29.33

70.67

 

 High

1,476

32.49

57.70

42.30

 

Community socioeconomic status

   

p < 0.001

 Low

3,527

77.63

28.11

71.89

 

 High

1,016

22.37

57.55

42.45

 

 Nigeria

n = 4543

100

34.70

65.30

 
  1. Weighted NDHS, 2018
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