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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey Respondents in 2003, 2008 and 2013

From: HIV-related knowledge in Nigeria: a 2003-2013 trend analysis

Demographic characteristics

Year

2003

2008

2013

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Sex

Male

2093

21.6

13,808

29.3

17,359

30.8

Female

7620

78.4

33,385

70.7

38,948

69.2

Age Group (Years)

15-24

4089

42.1

17,537

37.2

21,088

37.5

25-34

2950

30.4

15,459

32.8

17,783

31.6

35-49

2674

27.5

14,197

30.1

17,436

31.0

Rural / Urban Residence

Urban

3421

35.2

17,150

36.3

24,026

42.7

Rural

6292

64.8

30,043

63.7

32,281

57.3

Ethnicity

Other

3631

37.4

15,008

31.9

19,225

34.1

Fulani

576

5.9

2764

5.9

3518

6.2

Hausa

2584

26.6

10,538

22.4

15,417

27.4

Ibibio

353

3.6

1159

2.5

1261

2.2

Igbo

1323

13.6

7294

15.5

7967

14.1

Ijaw

118

1.2

1790

3.8

1097

1.9

Yoruba

1127

11.6

8479

18.0

7823

13.9

Religion

Other

12

0.1

112

0.2

298

0.5

Catholic

1307

13.5

5444

11.6

6329

11.2

Other Christian

3375

34.8

19,866

42.3

20,102

35.7

Islam

4910

50.6

20,999

44.7

29,057

51.6

Traditionalist

103

1.1

566

1.2

521

0.9

Relationship Status

Never married

2974

30.6

14,945

31.7

17,704

31.4

Currently married

6342

65.3

30,596

64.8

36,552

64.9

Formerly married

398

4.1

1647

3.5

2051

3.6

Highest Educational Attainment

No education

3555

36.6

14,539

30.8

18,414

32.7

Primary

2148

22.1

9327

19.8

9640

17.1

Secondary

3303

34.0

18,374

38.9

22,208

39.4

Higher

707

7.3

4953

10.5

6044

10.7

Literacy Level

Low literacy/ illiteratea

4913

51.6

21,697

46.4

26,354

47.1

Literate

4615

48.4

25,073

53.6

29,542

52.9

Employment Status

Unemployed

4011

41.4

16,132

34.4

18,720

33.4

Employed

5681

58.6

30,793

65.6

37,305

66.6

National Wealth Quintile

Lower 20th

1776

18.3

8469

17.9

9994

17.7

40th

1799

18.5

8566

18.2

10,420

18.5

60th

1905

19.6

8910

18.9

10,824

19.2

80th

1978

20.4

10,101

21.4

11,827

21.0

Upper 20th

2255

23.2

11,147

23.6

13,242

23.5

State-level Wealth Inequality Ratio

< 1.50

449

4.6

3646

7.7

8012

14.2

1.50-1.99

921

9.5

3770

8.0

33,742

59.9

2.00-2.49

754

7.8

9800

20.8

12,464

22.1

2.50-3.00

2021

20.8

10,807

22.9

2088

3.7

3.01-4.00

3097

31.9

9690

20.5

0

0.0

4.01-5.00

1419

14.6

7448

15.8

0

0.0

> 5.00

1052

10.8

2031

4.3

0

0.0

  1. aIncludes the visually impaired