Parameter Sub group Frequency Percentage (%)
Sex Female
Male
413
587
41.3
58.7
Age in years 15 – 24
25 – 34
35 – 44
>45
162
491
221
126
16.2
49.1
22.1
12.6
Education NFE a
Arabic
1° School
2° School
3° School
25
2
171
347
455
2.5
0.2
17.1
34.7
45.5
Religion Christianity
Islam
Traditional
673
325
2
67.3
32.5
0.2
Tribe Yoruba
Ibo
Hausa
Others (b)
492
110
23
375
49.2
11.0
2.3
37.5
Marital Single
Married
Divorced
Widow (er)
379
571
7
43
37.9
57.1
0.7
4.3
Occupation Farming
Trading
Civil Servant
Students
Artisan (d)
15
185
531
158
111
1.5
18.5
53.1
15.1
11.1
a = No formal education
b = Efik, Ibibio, Tiv, Edo, Ighala etc
c = Civil servants: teachers, Clergy, traffic warden, military personnel, Nurse, Youth corpers etc
d = Artisans welders, technician, panel beaters, painters, drivers, hairdresser, food vendor
Table 1: Socio demographic data of respondents.