Table 1 One-year incidence of menstrual regulation (per 1000) overall and by characteristics of female respondents aged 15–49, Nigeria (N = 11,106)*
Rate | 95% CI | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||
15–19 | 14.1 | 7.2 | 21.0 | 0.001 |
20–24 | 42.4 | 25.0 | 59.8 | |
25–29 | 30.6 | 16.8 | 44.4 | |
30–34 | 20.3 | 11.6 | 29.0 | |
35–39 | 19.3 | 11.8 | 26.8 | |
40–44 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 12.8 | |
45–49 | 12.6 | 4.1 | 21.1 | |
Education | ||||
Never | 8.6 | 2.9 | 14.3 | 0.004 |
Primary | 20.6 | 12.0 | 29.2 | |
Secondary | 26.0 | 16.4 | 35.7 | |
Higher | 28.3 | 17.3 | 39.3 | |
Marital status | ||||
Currently married/cohabiting | 17.5 | 12.0 | 23.1 | 0.002 |
Divorced or separated/widowed | 16.8 | 6.6 | 26.9 | |
Never married | 33.9 | 21.6 | 46.1 | |
Religion of household | ||||
Catholic | 24.2 | 13.3 | 35.1 | 0.001 |
Other Christian | 33.8 | 20.6 | 46.9 | |
Muslim | 9.9 | 6.3 | 13.5 | |
Other | 15.6 | 0.0 | 33.9 | |
Ethnicity | ||||
Hausa | 7.3 | 3.1 | 11.6 | < 0.001 |
Igbo | 28.2 | 18.7 | 37.6 | |
Yoruba | 21.0 | 11.8 | 30.2 | |
Other | 27.6 | 14.2 | 41.1 | |
Wealth | ||||
Poorest | 13.2 | 1.8 | 24.6 | 0.474 |
Second poorest | 24.6 | 13.2 | 36.0 | |
Middle | 30.9 | 15.0 | 46.7 | |
Second wealthiest | 24.3 | 14.5 | 34.2 | |
Wealthiest | 22.7 | 12.8 | 32.5 | |
Parity | ||||
0 | 29.1 | 18.5 | 39.7 | 0.025 |
1–2 | 25.8 | 15.1 | 36.5 | |
3–4 | 17.5 | 10.8 | 24.2 | |
5 + | 12.1 | 6.9 | 17.3 | |
Residence | ||||
Rural | 13.2 | 6.5 | 19.9 | 0.010 |
Urban | 29.7 | 19.1 | 40.4 | |
State | ||||
Anambra | 31.2 | 16.9 | 45.6 | < 0.001 |
Kaduna | 12.7 | 6.1 | 19.4 | |
Kano | 2.3 | 0.0 | 4.7 | |
Lagos | 23.4 | 15.6 | 31.2 | |
Nasarawa | 12.9 | 4.4 | 21.4 | |
Rivers | 39.0 | 22.2 | 55.8 | |
Taraba | 30.2 | 0.0 | 75.5 | |
Overall | 22.6 | 15.7 | 29.5 | – |