International Family Planning Perspectives
Volume 27, Number 2, June 2001

 

Why Nigerian Adolescents Seek Abortion Rather than Contraception: Evidence from Focus-Group Discussions
TABLES

Table 1. Occupation, education, age range and number of young women aged 15-24 who participated in focus groups, Benin City, Nigeria, 1999
Occupation/group Education Age range No. of participants
Total Not sexually active Sexually active
Student Tertiary 16-19 8 0 8
Student Tertiary 16-20 7 1 6
Student Tertiary 17-19 8 3 5
Student Secondary 16-18 8 4 4
Student Secondary 16-19 10 6 4
Student Secondary 16-18 7 3 4
Food vendor Primary 18-21 7 0 7
Food vendor None/primary 17-22 7 0 7
Seamstress Primary/secondary 17-19 6 1 5
Seamstress Primary/secondary 19-23 6 0 6
Seamstress Primary/secondary 15-20 7 1 6
Out-of-school youth Secondary 15-20 7 2 5
Out-of-school youth Secondary 19-21 8 0 8
Out-of-school youth Secondary 18-24 8 2 6
Out-of-school youth Secondary 18-19 8 3 5
Food vendor None 19-21 6 0 6
Hair weaver None/primary 15-17 8 1 7
Church member Secondary 17-19 7 3 4
Church member Secondary 18-21 7 2 5
Youth club member Secondary 19-22 9 1 8

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