Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of the participants
Socio-demographic factor | Groups | χ 2 | df | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention Freq. (%) (n = 186) | Control Freq. (%) (n = 186) | ||||
Age (years) | − 1.399 | 370 | 0.163a | ||
Mean (SD) | 26.1 (5.8) | 26.9 (5.9) | |||
(Range) | (15–40) | (17–45) | |||
Ethnicity | 4.054 | 6 | 0.669 | ||
Kanuri | 73 (37.7) | 63 (33.9) | |||
Hausa | 30 (16.1) | 28 (15.1) | |||
Babur | 13 (7.0) | 18 (9.7) | |||
Shuwa | 6 (3.2) | 12 (6.4) | |||
Marghi | 14 (7.5) | 12 (6.4) | |||
Fulani | 21 (11.3) | 17 (9.1) | |||
Others | 32 (17.2) | 36 (19.4) | |||
Family type | |||||
Monogamous | 143 (76.9) | 144 (77.4) | 2.016 | 2 | 0.365 |
Polygamous | 41 (22.0) | 42 (22.6) | |||
Widowed | 2 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Educational status | 3.365 | 3 | 0.339 | ||
None | 82 (44.1) | 71 (38.2) | |||
Primary | 32 (17.2) | 32 (17.2) | |||
Secondary | 54 (29.0) | 54 (29.0) | |||
Tertiary | 18 (9.7) | 29 (15.6) | |||
Employment status | 2.380 | 4 | 0.666 | ||
None | 104 (55.9) | 101 (54.3) | |||
Self-employed | 56 (30.1) | 65 (34.9) | |||
Government | 9 (4.9) | 9 (4.9) | |||
Private | 14 (7.5) | 10 (5.4) | |||
Student | 3 (1.6) | 1 (0.5) | |||
Income | 0.768 | 2 | 0.681 | ||
None | 106 (57.0) | 102 (54.8) | |||
< 18,000 | 65 (34.9) | 72 (38.7) | |||
≥ 18,000 | 15 (8.1) | 12 (6.5) | |||
Type of residence | 5.541 | 1 | 0.019* | ||
Permanent resident | 127 (68.3) | 147 (79.0) | |||
IDP | 59 (31.7) | 39 (21.0) | |||