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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women attending antenatal clinic in Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, 2019

From: Use of long-lasting insecticidal nets among women attending antenatal clinic at a tertiary hospital in Bayelsa State, Nigeria 2019

Variable

Frequency (n = 297)

Percent (%)

Age (years)

 ≤ 24

10

3.4

 25–29

176

59.3

 30–34

105

35.4

 ≥ 35

6

2.0

 Mean age ± SD (years)

28.8 ± 2.6

 

Education

 Primary

12

4.1

 Secondary

106

35.7

 Tertiary

176

59.2

 No formal

3

1.0

Marital status

 Married

294

99.0

 Single

3

1.0

Occupation

 Unemployed

55

18.5

 Trading

113

38.1

 Civil servant

112

37.7

 Othera

17

5.7

Ethnicity

 Hausa

12

4.0

 Igbo

71

23.9

 Ijaw

160

53.9

 Yoruba

35

11.8

 Other

19

6.4

Place of residence

 Rural

35

11.8

 Urban

262

88.2

Religion

 Christianity

283

95.3

 Islam

14

4.7

Gravidity

 1

73

24.6

 2–4

192

64.6

 ≥ 5

32

10.8

Monthly income

 ≤ N18000

153

51.5

 > N18000

144

48.5

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