Table 1 Socio-demographic distribution of the respondents in the six states
Variable | Abuja N =771 n(%) | Adamawa N =728 n(%) | Enugu N = 769 n(%) | Kano N = 747 n(%) | Lagos N = 726 n(%) | Rivers N = 776 n(%) | Combined N = 4517 n(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wife | 405 (52) | 664 (91) | 658 (86) | 460 (62) | 537 (74) | 584 (75) | 3308 (73) |
Adult female household rep | 265 (34) | 42(6) | 106 (14) | 51 (7) | 176 (24) | 177 (23) | 817 (18) |
Female respondents | 671 (87) | 708 (974) | 763 (99) | 509 (68) | 711 (98) | 761 (98) | 4123 (91) |
Age mean (SD) | 30.9 (8.0) | 31.6 (7.6) | 31.0 (7.1) | 32.1 (7.0) | 31.0 (6.7) | 31.9 (6.2) | 31.4 (7.1) |
No of household members mean (SD) | 5.4 (2.2) | 7.2 (4.9) | 5.1 (2.2) | 8.3 (4.8) | 4.9 (5.3) | 5.3 (2.1) | 6.0 (3.5) |
Attended School | 742 (96) | 460 (63) | 730 (94) | 581 (77) | 710 (98) | 762 (98) | 3985 (88) |
Highest level of education | |||||||
Primary School | 54(7) | 125(27) | 152(21) | 116(20) | 60(8) | 38(5) | 545(14) |
Junior Secondary School | 40(5) | 57(12) | 66(9) | 83(3) | 23(3) | 32(4) | 301(8) |
Senior Secondary school | 264(36) | 137(30) | 275(38) | 219(38) | 299(42) | 393(52) | 1587(40) |
Teacher training college | 21(3) | 8(2) | 26(4) | 31(4) | 14(2) | 16(2) | 116(3) |
College of Education | 34(5) | 71(15) | 25(3) | 47(8) | 24(3) | 82(11) | 283(7) |
University of Polytechnic | 310 (40) | 47 (6.4) | 182 (23.7) | 71(9.3) | 259 (35.7) | 186 (23.9) | 1055 (23.4) |
Others | 18(2) | 14(3) | 4(.5) | 97(17) | 28(4) | 17(2) | 178(5) |
Years in school mean (SD) | 12.7 (4.3) | 7.0 (6.2) | 11.0 (4.7) | 7.8 (6.4) | 12.6 (3.6) | 12.8 (3.8) | 10.7 (5.5) |
Employment status of the respondent | |||||||
Unemployed | 178(16) | 321(29) | 175(16) | 155(14) | 167(15) | 95(9) | 1091(25) |
Subsistence farmer/herd keeper | 19(3) | 25(10) | 74(2) | 13(2) | 1(.1) | 53(7) | 185(4) |
Petty trader/artisan | 136(18) | 245(34) | 237(31) | 240(34) | 93(29) | 219(29) | 1170(26) |
Govt worker | 127(17) | 97(13) | 99(13) | 89(13) | 25(3) | 109(14) | 546(12) |
Private sector employee | 90(12) | 18(3) | 64(8) | 15(2) | 48(7) | 157(21) | 392(9) |
Big biz/self employed | 158(21) | 14(2) | 95(12) | 70(10) | 327(45) | 77(10) | 741(17) |
Others | 77(10) | 7(1) | 39(5) | 129(18) | 58(8) | 50(7) | 360(8) |
Marital status: Married | 487(63) | 652(90) | 652(85) | 664(94) | 554(76) | 589(77) | 3598(81) |
Food value mean (SD) | 5269.8 (3065.3) | 6398.0 (4413.0) | 2831.8 (1226.8) | 7485.8 (6268.7) | 4818.8 (3852.6) | 9186.6 (5130.5) | 6003.5 (4748.1) |
Per capita food value mean (SD) | 1110.9 (913.6) | 1021.2 (618.8) | 656.7 (464.6) | 1098.5 (1244.6) | 1151.4 (1803.6) | 1883.0 (1227.0) | 1156.2 (1189.2) |