Characteristics of Nigerian female respondents aged 15–49 and their closest female confidantes aged 15–49 who had a prior abortion*
| Respondent | Unadjusted confidante | Adjusted confidante† | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Mean age | 11 106 | 29.1 | 5772 | 28.4 | 11 106 | 29.1 |
| Age | ||||||
| 15–19 | 2257 | 18.9 | 1163 | 19.0 | 2221 | 18.5 |
| 20–24 | 1870 | 16.2 | 1132 | 19.6 | 1942 | 16.9 |
| 25–29 | 2040 | 18.8 | 1073 | 18.0 | 2008 | 18.0 |
| 30–34 | 1629 | 15.0 | 878 | 15.3 | 1658 | 15.0 |
| 35–39 | 1473 | 13.9 | 694 | 13.1 | 1447 | 14.3 |
| 40–44 | 1102 | 10.5 | 509 | 9.3 | 1114 | 10.5 |
| 45–49 | 735 | 6.8 | 323 | 5.7 | 716 | 6.8 |
| Education | ||||||
| Never | 2355 | 17.5 | 1049 | 15.9 | 2406 | 17.9 |
| Primary | 1906 | 15.2 | 789 | 11.3 | 1742 | 14.4 |
| Secondary | 4934 | 46.9 | 2687 | 46.4 | 4883 | 46.3 |
| Higher | 1911 | 20.3 | 1345 | 26.3 | 2075 | 21.4 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Currently married/cohabiting | 7378 | 63.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Divorced or separated/widowed | 515 | 4.8 | – | – | – | – |
| Never married | 3211 | 31.5 | – | – | – | – |
| Religion of household | ||||||
| Catholic | 1593 | 14.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Other Christian | 3823 | 44.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Muslim | 5369 | 39.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Other | 321 | 2.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Hausa | 3524 | 21.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Igbo | 2071 | 22.5 | – | – | – | – |
| Yoruba | 1015 | 13.1 | ||||
| Other | 4495 | 43.4 | – | – | – | – |
| Parity | ||||||
| 0 | 3745 | 35.1 | – | – | – | – |
| 1–2 | 2666 | 25.1 | – | – | – | – |
| 3–4 | 2385 | 21.7 | – | – | – | – |
| 5+ | 2290 | 18.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Residence | ||||||
| Rural | 5701 | 42.9 | – | – | – | – |
| Urban | 5405 | 57.1 | – | – | – | – |
| State | ||||||
| Anambra | 1419 | 12.8 | – | – | – | – |
| Kaduna | 2766 | 9.5 | – | – | – | – |
| Kano | 1751 | 13.1 | – | – | – | – |
| Lagos | 1590 | 21.4 | – | – | – | – |
| Nasarawa | 1536 | 13.4 | – | – | – | – |
| Rivers | 1223 | 17.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Taraba | 821 | 12.7 | – | – | – | – |
| Mean number of confidantes | 10 671 | 0.8 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 11 106 | 100.0 | 5883 | 100.0 | 11 106 | 100.0 |
*Ns across catgories of a characteristic that do not sum to total N is a result of missingness.
†Including respondent characteristics for confidantes and post-stratification weights.