Table 1 Bivariate association between child marriage and ethnicity, region of residence and socioeconomic characteristics of female adolescents in Nigeria
| Â | Child marriage experience | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity, religion and socioeconomic characteristics | Child marriage (n = 2118) | Others (n = 5686) | Total (N = 7804) | Chi-Squared |
n (%) | n (%) | N | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
 Hausa/Fulani | 1496 (54.8) | 1236 (45.2) | 2732 | 159.15*** |
 Igbo | 39 (3.6) | 1031 (96.4) | 1070 |  |
 Yoruba | 31 (3.0) | 979 (97.0) | 1010 |  |
aSouthern ethnic minorities | 64 (5.9) | 1026 (94.1) | 1091 | Â |
bNorthern ethnic minorities | 488 (25.7) | 1414 (74.3) | 1902 | Â |
Religion | ||||
 Christianity | 234 (6.5) | 3384 (93.5) | 3618 | 237.29*** |
 Islam | 1856 (45.5) | 2228 (54.5) | 4084 |  |
 Traditional | 15 (23.0) | 52 (77.0) | 67 |  |
Level of Education | ||||
 No/Primary | 1834 (58.8) | 1283 (41.2) | 3117 | 1075.76*** |
 Secondary/higher | 284 (6.1) | 4403 (93.9) | 4687 |  |
Place of residence | ||||
 Rural | 1822 (40.5) | 2682 (59.5) | 4504 | 200.12*** |
 Urban | 296 (9.0) | 3004 (91.0) | 3300 |  |
hWealth quintile | ||||
 Poorest | 838 (63.5) | 482 (36.5) | 1320 | 274.41*** |
 Poorer | 689 (43.8) | 883 (56.2) | 1571 |  |
 Middle | 349 (21.3) | 1292 (78.7) | 1641 |  |
 Richer | 191 (11.5) | 1466 (88.5) | 1657 |  |
 Richest | 51 (3.2) | 1564 (96.8) | 1615 |  |
Total | 27.1 | 72.9 | 7804 | Â |