Table 2 Descriptive statistics of variables used in the study
From: Socioeconomic inequalities in teenage pregnancy in Nigeria: evidence from Demographic Health Survey
Variable | Mean/percentage |
|---|---|
Currently or ever pregnant (15-19yrs) | |
No | 93.7 |
Yes | 6.3 |
Sociodemographic variables | |
Teenage current age | |
Age 15 | 24.6 |
Age 16 | 18.8 |
Age 17 | 18.7 |
Age 18 | 22.7 |
Age 19 | 15.2 |
Marital status | |
Never married | 75.2 |
Married | 23.4 |
Others | 1.4 |
Ethnic origin | |
Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri | 43.0 |
Igbo | 13.9 |
Yoruba | 13.2 |
Others | 29.9 |
Socioeconomic variables | |
Teenage highest education level | |
No formal education | 25.8 |
Primary education | 10.4 |
Secondary education | 61.1 |
Higher | 2.7 |
Wealth index | |
Poorest | 16.9 |
Poorer | 20.6 |
Middle | 20.8 |
Richer | 21.4 |
Richest | 20.3 |
Employment status | |
Unemployed | 64.4 |
Employed | 35.6 |
Religion | |
Christian | 41.7 |
Muslim | 57.8 |
Others | 0.5 |
Geographic and geopolitical variables | |
Place of residence | |
Urban | 45.1 |
Rural | 54.9 |
Geopolitical zone | |
North-Central | 14.2 |
North-East | 17.7 |
North-West | 32.4 |
South-East | 10.9 |
South-South | 10.5 |
South-West | 14.3 |
Exposure to information and communication technology (ICT) | |
Frequency of watching television | |
Not at all | 48.1 |
Less than once a week | 19.4 |
At least once a week | 32.5 |
Use of internet | |
No | 84.4 |
Yes | 15.6 |