Table 5 Multivariate findings of timing to first marriage and timing to first pregnancy after transition to first sex corrected for heterogeneity in Nigeria
Time to first marriage | Time to first pregnancy | |
|---|---|---|
Corrected | Corrected | |
Coef (SE) | Coef (SE) | |
Model age | 0.65 (0.28)* | 0.44 (0.11)*** |
Model age squared | −0.00 (0.00) | −0.01 (0.00)** |
Education level | ||
None/Quranic | ref | ref |
Primary | −0.23 (2.01) | 0.10 (0.13) |
Junior secondary | −2.13 (1.53) | −0.34 (0.16)* |
Senior secondary | −3.23 (1.78)+ | −0.92 (0.16)*** |
Higher | −5.02 (1.81)** | −1.76 (0.20)*** |
Religion | ||
Catholic (ref) | ref | ref |
Protestant | 1.39 (0.77)+ | 0.54 (0.15)*** |
Muslim | 4.39 (0.84)*** | 1.49 (0.15)*** |
City | ||
Abuja (ref) | ref | ref |
Benin City | −1.93 (0.52)*** | −0.82 (0.15)*** |
Ibadan | −1.68 (0.52)** | −0.45 (0.15)** |
Ilorin | −2.08 (0.38)*** | −0.49 (0.15)** |
Kaduna | 0.77 (0.61) | 0.40 (0.15)** |
Zaria | 3.80 (1.91)* | 0.69 (0.16)*** |
Religiosity (% strongly religious) | −0.18 (0.33) | 0.03 (0.07) |
Read newspapers (% yes) | −0.40 (0.34) | −0.19 (0.12) |
Read magazines (% yes) | −1.37 (0.53)* | −0.51 (0.12)*** |
Listen to radio (% yes) | −0.02 (0.32) | −0.04 (0.07) |
Watches TV (% yes) | 0.22 (0.35) | 0.10 (0.09) |
Visits other cities in 12 months (% yes) | −0.03 (0.26) | 0.06 (0.08) |
Visits rural areas in 12 months (% yes) | 0.34 (0.63) | 0.16 (0.09)+ |
Wealth group | ||
Poorest (ref) | ref | ref |
Poor | −0.41 (0.25) | 0.08 (0.09) |
Middle | −0.42 (0.40) | 0.01 (0.10) |
Rich | −0.98 (0.45)* | −0.19 (0.11)+ |
Richest | −1.40 (0.44)** | −0.47 (0.13)*** |
Time since first sex (years) | 0.00 (0.20) | −0.06 (0.03)* |