Table 1 Socio-demographics of mothers of under-five children who had data on SCT among under-five children in Nigeria, DHS 2018
n鈥�=鈥�7,493 | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Mother鈥檚 age (years) | 听 | 听 |
15鈥�19 | 315 | 4.2 |
20鈥�24 | 1289 | 17.2 |
25鈥�29 | 2002 | 26.7 |
30鈥�34 | 1696 | 22.6 |
35鈥�39 | 1368 | 18.3 |
40鈥�44 | 577 | 7.7 |
45鈥�49 | 246 | 3.3 |
Maternal educational level | 听 | 听 |
No education | 2860 | 38.2 |
Primary | 1248 | 16.7 |
Secondary | 2719 | 36.3 |
Higher | 666 | 8.9 |
Household wealth index | 听 | 听 |
Poorest | 1497 | 20.0 |
Poor | 1515 | 20.2 |
Middle | 1669 | 22.3 |
Rich | 1552 | 20.7 |
Richest | 1260 | 16.8 |
Sex of household head | 听 | 听 |
Male | 6546 | 87.4 |
Female | 947 | 12.6 |
Marital status | 听 | 听 |
Single | 457 | 6.1 |
Monogamy | 5090 | 97.9 |
Polygamy | 1946 | 26.0 |
Religion | 听 | 听 |
Christianity | 3535 | 47.2 |
Islam | 3890 | 51.9 |
Traditional/Others | 68 | 0.9 |
Father alive | 听 | 听 |
No | 148 | 2.0 |
Yes | 7345 | 98.0 |
Parity | 听 | 听 |
1鈥�2 | 2441 | 32.6 |
3鈥�4 | 2552 | 30.1 |
5+ | 2800 | 37.4 |
Experience of child mortality | 听 | 听 |
None | 5374 | 71.7 |
One | 1222 | 16.3 |
Multiple | 897 | 12.0 |
Domicile | 听 | 听 |
Urban | 2915 | 38.9 |
Rural | 4578 | 61.1 |
Region | 听 | 听 |
North Central | 1325 | 17.7 |
North East | 1331 | 17.8 |
North West | 1798 | 24.0 |
South East | 1025 | 13.7 |
South-South | 841 | 11.2 |
South West | 1173 | 15.7 |