| Survey (n = 3082) | Nigeria* | |
| Gender (%) | ||
| Male | 50.91 | 49.64 |
| Female | 49.09 | 50.36 |
| Years of age (%) | ||
| <5 | 14.55 | 16.6 |
| 5–17 | 36.75 | 53.6† |
| 18–29 | 21.93 | |
| 30–44 | 17.59 | 14.8 |
| 45–59 | 3.79 | 9 |
| ⩾60 | 5.4 | 6 |
| Sector (%) | ||
| Rural | 39.49 | 65.41 |
| Urban | 60.51 | 34.59 |
| Education (%) | ||
| No formal education | 30.18 | 38.4† |
| Pre-primary | 7.04 | |
| Some primary | 19.34 | 22.72 |
| Completed primary | 9.9 | 8.99 |
| Some secondary | 13.3 | 15.62 |
| Completed secondary | 14.28 | 7.64 |
| Post-secondary | 5.97 | 5.28 |
| Marital status (%) | ||
| Never married | 64.11 | 31.88 |
| Currently married | 33.1 | 61.53 |
| Separated/divorced | 0.75 | 2.57 |
| Widowed | 1.85 | 1.81 |
*From the 2003 Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey.
†Data from 2003 Demographic and Health Survey: age only available in increments of 5 years; no formal education and pre-primary only available as collapsed single category, “no education.”