Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the survey participants, frequency (%)
Variable | Category | Arab (n = 33) | Daza (n = 34) | Fulani (n = 11) | Statistic | P-value (for difference between groups) | All (N = 78) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 27 (81.8) | 20 (58.8) | 8 (72.7) | Chi square = 4.3 | 0.12 | 55 (70.5) |
Male | 6 (18.2) | 14 (41.2) | 3 (27.3) | 23 (29.5) | |||
Marital status | Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | Chi square = 12.3 | 0.06 | 1 (1.3) |
Monogamous | 17 (51.5) | 28 (82.4) | 5 (45.5) | 50 (64.1) | |||
Polygamy | 15 (45.5) | 5 (14.7) | 6 (54.5) | 26 (33.3) | |||
Widowed | 1 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.3) | |||
Age | Mean | 33.1 | 44.3 | 33.8 | F = 15.4 | 0.00 | 38.1 |
95% CI | (31.1–35.1) | (42.1–46.6) | (30.4–37.4) | (36.7–39.5) | |||
Household size | Mean | 9.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | F = 2.8 | 0.85 | 8.4 |
95% CI | (8.4–10.6) | (6.6–8.5) | (6.3–9.7) | (7.7–9.0) | |||
Number of children under 5 years | Mean | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.3 | F = 0.8 | 0.43 | 2.5 |
95% CI | (1.9–3.0) | (2.1–3.3) | (1.5–3.5) | (2.1–2.9) |