Determinants of contraceptive use among Nigerian couples: evidence from the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey

Table 2 Descriptive statistics

Variable		N	Percent	Mean (SD)
Age	15–19	872	10.07
	20–24	1674	19.33
	25–29	2305	26.62
	30–34	1703	19.66
	35–39	1318	15.22
	40–44	608	7.02
	45–49	178	2.05
Contraceptive Use	Yes	1259	14.5
Contraceptive Use	No	7399	85.5
Region	North Central	1412	16.31
	North East	1719	19.85
	North West	2851	32.95
	South East	515	5.95
	South Central	1043	12.05
	South West	1118	12.91
Urban/Rural	Urban	2821	32.58
Urban/Rural	Rural	5837	67.42
Religion	Catholic	613	7.08
	Other Christian	2808	32.43
	Islam	5099	58.89
	Traditionalist	80	.92
	Other	3	.03
Male Attitude (contraception is woman’s business)	Yes	1833	21.17
Male Attitude (contraception is woman’s business)	No	6463	74.65
Male Attitude (contraception makes women promiscuous)	Yes	3608	43.5
Male Attitude (contraception makes women promiscuous)	No	4688	56.5
Total number of children				3.0 (3.1)
Years of education				5.19 (6.13)

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