Demographic characteristics of the sample at baseline
Variable | Control (n=294) | GS (n=264) | GSFL (n=262) | ALL (n=260) |
Age in years | 28.63 (4.15) | 29.37 (4.19) | 28.98 (4.33) | 28.39 (4.32) |
Religion | ||||
Christians | 53.06 | 60.61 | 61.07 | 56.15 |
Muslims | 46.94 | 39.39 | 38.93 | 43.85 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Yoruba | 82.31 | 80.3 | 75.57 | 80.77 |
Others | 17.69 | 19.7 | 24.43 | 19.23 |
Schooling | ||||
No schooling | 7.14 | 2.65 | 10.31 | 7.69 |
Primary | 15.99 | 14.39 | 15.65 | 19.23 |
Secondary | 55.78 | 48.86 | 46.18 | 52.31 |
Higher | 21.09 | 34.09 | 27.86 | 20.77 |
Paid employment | 91.94 | 92.28 | 90.46 | 86.34 |
Polygamy | 8.84 | 11.72 | 12.21 | 10.79 |
No of children | 1.60 (1.24) | 1.55 (1.35) | 1.39 (1.18) | 1.51 (1.33) |
Values are percentages or means with SD in parentheses. Significant differences between intervention and control arm are bolded.
ALL, Arm with all three interventions; GS, gender socialisation; GSFL, GS and financial literacy.