Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of Respondents, Demographic and Health Survey, 2013, Nigeria
Background characteristics | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Total | 38021 | 100.0 |
Sex of household head | ||
Male | 31631 | 83.2 |
Female | 6390 | 16.8 |
Age of the household head | ||
15 – 24 | 1464 | 3.9 |
25 – 34 | 7479 | 19.7 |
35 – 44 | 10505 | 27.6 |
45 – 54 | 9248 | 24.3 |
55 – 64 | 5749 | 15.1 |
65+ | 3576 | 9.4 |
Highest educational level | ||
No formal education | 14466 | 38.1 |
Primary | 6594 | 17.3 |
Secondary | 13550 | 35.6 |
Higher | 3411 | 9.0 |
Religion | ||
Christian | 17766 | 46.7 |
Islam | 19893 | 52.3 |
Traditional | 362 | 1.0 |
Place of residence | ||
Urban | 16020 | 42.1 |
Rural | 22001 | 57.9 |
Region | ||
North Central | 5429 | 14.3 |
North East | 5664 | 14.9 |
North West | 11704 | 30.8 |
South East | 4347 | 11.4 |
South South | 4668 | 12.3 |
South West | 6209 | 16.3 |
Number of household members | ||
1 – 3 | 7713 | 20.3 |
4 – 5 | 10080 | 26.5 |
6 – 7 | 8776 | 23.1 |
8+ | 11452 | 30.1 |
Wealth index | ||
Poor | 14298 | 37.6 |
Middle | 7304 | 19.2 |
Rich | 16419 | 43.2 |
Time to drinking water sources | ||
On premises | 8325 | 21.9 |
<30 min | 19642 | 51.7 |
≥30 min | 9789 | 25.7 |
Don’t know | 266 | 0.7 |