Niger State | Nigeria | |
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Women’s Status | ||
Women literate (%) | 25.9 | 53.1 |
Women who agree that wife-beating is justified (%) | 62.4 | 28.0 |
Women in polygamous marriage (%) | 40.4 | 30.5 |
Median age at first marriage (among those 20–49) | 17.7 | 19.1 |
Women with no weekly exposure to media (%) | 68.6 | 55.6 |
Married women mainly/jointly make decisions about family planning | 68.3 | 89.5 |
Fertility and Contraceptive Use | ||
Total fertility rate | 5.8 | 5.3 |
Median age at first birth (among women 25–49) | 19.3 | 20.4 |
Women 15–19 who have begun childbearing (%) | 26.1 | 18.7 |
Contraceptive prevalence (modern, %) | 6.4 | 12.0 |
Unmet need for contraception (%) | 19.2 | 18.9 |
Maternal Health | ||
HIV prevalence 2019 (%) | 0.7 | 1.4 |
No antenatal care (%) | 40.7 | 24.4 |
Took iron during last pregnancy (%) | 60.3 | 69.3 |
Protected against neonatal tetanus (%) | 37.2 | 52.9 |
Received intermittent malarial protection during pregnancy (%) | 44.2 | 63.6 |
Facility deliveries (%) | 25.8 | 39.4 |
Delivered by skilled provider (%) | 30.6 | 43.4 |
Households with at least one insecticide-treated net (%) | 46.9 | 60.6 |
Infant Health | ||
No postnatal checkup (%) | 76.2 | 60.4 |
Children 12–23 month having received all basic vaccinations (%) | 23.3 | 31.3 |
Economic Development | ||
Houses with improved drinking water source | 61.0 | 65.3 |
Households with improved, not shared sanitation facility | 38.5 | 53.4 |
Households with fixed or mobile handwashing station | 57.7 | 81.1 |
Soap available | 11.0 | 37.5 |