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Table 1 Indicators of women and children’s health and wellbeing in Niger State and Nigeria, 2018

From: Building social accountability to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Nigeria

 

Niger State

Nigeria

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

  1. 2018 Demographic and Health Survey [2], National Agency for the Control of AIDS [57]
  2. Of those delivering within facilities, 93% do so in public facilities