Table 4 Multivariate findings of timing to first sex, marriage, and pregnancy corrected for heterogeneity in Nigeria

Model age

2.84 (0.12)***

3.48 (0.20)***

4.06 (0.21)***

Model age squared

−0.06 (0.00)***

−0.06 (0.05)***

−0.08 (0.00)***

 None/Quranic

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 Primary

−0.48 (0.18)**

−0.83 (0.31)**

−0.35 (0.32)

 Junior secondary

−1.70 (0.20)***

−3.05 (0.39)***

−2.58 (0.37)***

 Senior secondary

−2.26 (0.23)***

−4.19 (0.48)***

−3.80 (0.43)***

 Higher

−2.55 (0.24)***

−5.23 (0.46)***

4.87 (0.42)***

 Catholic (ref)

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 Protestant

−0.19 (0.23)

0.60 (0.47)

0.79 (0.44)+

 Muslim

0.07 (0.21)

2.58 (0.33)***

2.44 (0.35)***

 Abuja (ref)

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 Benin City

0.19 (0.25)

−1.42 (0.57)*

−1.06 (0.54)+

 Ibadan

0.08 (0.25)

−0.66 (0.59)

−0.17 (0.56)

 Ilorin

−0.19 (0.23)

−1.61 (0.55)**

−0.76 (0.51)

 Kaduna

0.06 (0.21)

0.43 (0.45)

0.54 (0.41)

 Zaria

0.22 (0.19)

1.25 (0.45)**

1.02 (0.42)*

Religiosity (strongly religious)

−0.16 (0.14)

−0.15 (0.29)

−0.14 (0.29)

Read newspapers

−0.21 (0.16)

−0.64 (0.33)+

−0.59 (0.32)+

Read magazines

0.13 (0.23)

−1.15 (0.52)*

−0.89 (0.53)+

Listen to radio

0.16 (0.13)

0.23 (0.27)

0.07 (0.29)

Watches TV

−0.21 (0.13)

−0.12 (0.24)

−0.06 (0.25)

Visits other cities in 12 months

0.19 (0.13)

0.36 (0.27)

0.43 (0.28)

Visits rural areas in 12 months

0.09 (0.13)

0.22 (0.24)

0.32 (0.24)

 Poorest (ref)

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 Poor

−0.26 (0.18)

−0.27 (0.34)

−0.29 (0.34)

 Middle

−0.44 (0.16)**

−0.73 (0.32)*

−0.74 (0.31)*

 Rich

−0.82 (0.17)***

−1.49 (0.36)***

−1.53 (0.34)***

 Richest

−1.51 (0.22)***

−2.72 (0.47)***

−2.93 (0.46)***