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Table 1 Characteristics of households (HH) in Sahel Savannah and Niger Delta Areas of survey in Nigeria
| Area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niger Delta Region (NDR) | Sahel Savannah Region (SSR) | χ 2 | P value | OR (CI) | |
| Population | 300,365 | 361,427 | |||
| Total No. of HH visited | 220 | 219 | |||
| Respondent | |||||
| Head of HH (%) | 137 (62.3) | 123 (56.2) | |||
| Representative (%) | 83 (37.7) | 96 (43.8) | |||
| Total No. persons in HH | 1100 | 1421 | |||
| Av. No. of persons per HH | 5 | 6.5 | |||
| Total No. of U-5s in HH | 284 | 455 | |||
| No. of Women in Reproductive Age (WRA) in HH | 244 | 341 | |||
| No. of pregnant women in HH | 28 | 50 | |||
| Educational status of WRA in HH | |||||
| No formal education | 30 (12.3) | 265 (77.7) | 243.5 | 0.000 | 24.9 (15.4; 40.5) |
| Primary education. | 72 (29.5) | 48 (14.1) | 20.8 | 0.000 | 2.7 (1.7; 3.9) |
| Secondary education. | 85 (34.8) | 2 (0.6) | 131.8 | 0.000 | 90.6 (21.6; 539.0) |
| Post-secondary education. | 14 (5.7) | 5 (1.5) | 8.3 | 0.004 | 4.1 (1.35; 13.2) |
| Socio-economic status (%) (by wealth indices in quintiles) | |||||
| Poorest | 27.7 | 41.5 | |||
| Moderately poor | 20 | 31.5 | |||
| Mildly poor | 23.7 | 17.8 | |||
| Poor | 16.8 | 5.5 | |||
| Least poor | 11.8 | 3.7 | |||
