Table 1 Respondents socio-demographic characteristics, rural Nigeria, 2013
Characteristic | Number of women (n = 12,665) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Maternal Education | ||
 None | 8100 | 64.0 |
 Primary | 2294 | 18.1 |
 Secondary | 1992 | 15.7 |
 Higher | 278 | 2.2 |
Parity | ||
 Primiparity | 1.979 | 15.6 |
 Multiparity | 5411 | 42.7 |
 Grandmultiparity | 5275 | 41.7 |
Age at first birth (years) | ||
 14 or less | 1248 | 9.8 |
 15–19 | 7405 | 58.5 |
 20–24 | 2999 | 23.7 |
 25 or older | 1013 | 8.0 |
Employment status | ||
 Unemployed | 4361 | 34.4 |
 Employed | 8304 | 65.6 |
Religion | ||
 Christianity | 3608 | 28.5 |
 Islam | 8816 | 69.6 |
 Others | 241 | 1.9 |
Healthcare decision | ||
 No Participation | 9139 | 72.2 |
 Participate | 3526 | 27.8 |
Access to mass media | ||
 No access | 5654 | 44.6 |
 Moderate access | 2860 | 22.6 |
 High access | 4151 | 32.8 |
Means of Transportation | ||
 None/animal cart | 5108 | 40.3 |
 Boat/canoe | 210 | 1.7 |
 Bicycle | 1710 | 13.5 |
 Motorcycle/scooter | 5064 | 40.0 |
 Car/truck | 573 | 4.5 |
Household wealth quintile | ||
 Poorest | 4400 | 34.7 |
 Poorer | 3937 | 31.1 |
 Middle | 2560 | 20.2 |
 Richer | 1306 | 10.3 |
 Richest | 462 | 3.7 |
Number of antenatal care visit | ||
 No Visit | 6279 | 49.5 |
 1–3 Visits | 1629 | 12.9 |
 4 or more visits | 4756 | 37.6 |
Timing of first antenatal visit | ||
 1st Trimester | 1831 | 14.5 |
 2nd Trimester | 4508 | 35.6 |
 3rd Trimester | 6326 | 49.9 |
Community childcare burden | ||
 Low | 4602 | 36.3 |
 Medium | 4934 | 39.0 |
 High | 3129 | 24.7 |
Community literacy level | ||
 Low | 3552 | 28.0 |
 Medium | 4522 | 35.7 |
 High | 4591 | 36.3 |
Community poverty level | ||
 Low | 3761 | 29.7 |
 Medium | 4237 | 33.4 |
 High | 4667 | 36.9 |
Proportion employed outside agriculture | ||
 Low | 4120 | 32.5 |
 Medium | 4156 | 32.8 |
 High | 4389 | 34.7 |
Proportion who perceived distance as a big problem | ||
 Low | 6556 | 51.8 |
 High | 6109 | 48.2 |
Geographic Region | ||
 Northern region | 10,303 | 81.4 |
 Southern region | 2362 | 18.6 |