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Table 5 Descriptive statistics

From: Effect of armed conflict on vaccination: evidence from the Boko haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria

 

N (1)

% (2)

Mean (3)

Std. Dev (4)

Mother

 Age

  

28.66

7.16

 Education

  No education

1639

67.9

  

  Primary

330

13.7

  

  Secondary

352

14.6

  

  Higher

92

3.8

  

 Religion

  Muslim

2129

88.2

  

  Non-muslim

284

11.8

  

 Marital Status

  Married

2318

96.1

  

  Not married

95

3.9

  

Household

 Number of HH members

  

7.75

3.85

 Number of children under 5

  

2.44

1.22

 Wealth index

  Poorest

843

34.9

  

  Poorer

650

26.9

  

  Middle

412

17.1

  

  Richer

321

13.3

  

  Richest

187

7.7

  

 Urban/Rural

  Rural

1674

69.4

  

  Urban

739

30.6

  

Children

 Age

  

29.19

17.44

 Sex

  girl

1152

47.7

  

  boy

1261

52.3

  

 Birth order

  

4.17

2.77

 Vaccination

  Ever vaccinated

    

   Yes

1184

49.1

  

   Never

1229

50.9

  

 BCG

  Yes

969

40.2

  

  No

1439

59.8

  

 DPT 1

  Yes

921

38.3

  

  No

1483

61.7

  
  1. Notes: The sample is 2413 mothers who are in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa state