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Table 1 Description of study sample

From: Spousal support during pregnancy in the Nigerian rural context: a mixed methods study

 

Wives

Husbands

N

%

n

%

Age (mean, median, mode, min., range, SD)

33.9, 33, 28, 17, 57, 8.7

38.6, 38, 35, 22, 58, 8.9

Age as at First Pregnancy

26.9, 26, 25, 16, 23, 4.4

31.6, 32, 32, 21, 24, 4.5

Years of marriage

8.3, 6, 1, 1, 49, 7.5

Same

Number of pregnancy ever had

2.5, 2, 2, 0, 8, 1.6

Present number of children

2, 2, 2, 0, 8, 1.6

Number of children outside wedlock

0.6, 0, 0, 0, 9, 1.4

Education

 No formal education

8

1.6

24

4.7

 Primary education

14

2.7

10

1.9

 Secondary education

105

20.3

65

12.6

 Tertiary education

389

75.4

417

80.8

Ethnicity

 Yoruba

411

79.6

451

87.4

 Igbo

71

13.8

40

7.8

 Hausa

34

6.6

25

4.8

Occupation

 Unemployed

10

1.9

0

0

 Self-employed

135

26.2

167

32.4

 Public servant

298

57.8

266

51.5

 Private employees

73

14.1

83

16.1

Overall

516

100

Same

 
  1. Source: Researcher’s field study 2020