Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with non-protective immunity against tetanus among high school adolescents girls in Nigeria

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of adolescents in private and public schools in Ibadan, Nigeria

Characteristics	All participants (851)		Public Sschools (710)		Private schools (141)		P*
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	N	%	P*
Ethnic groups
Yoruba	769	90.4	642	90.4	127	90.1	0.897
Non-Yoruba	82	9.6	68	9.6	14	9.9
Parents marital status
Single parent	17	2.0	14	2.0	3	2.1	<0.001
Married living with spouse	732	86.0	597	84.1	135	95.7
Divorced/separated	102	12.0	99	13.9	3	2.1
Number of mother’s children
1 – 4	98	11.5	70	9.9	28	19.9	0.001
>4	753	88.5	640	90.1	113	80.1
Position among mother’s children
First	245	28.8	198	27.9	47	33.3	0.418
2^nd to 4^th	531	62.4	448	63.1	83	58.9
Beyond 4^th	75	8.8	64	9.0	11	7.8

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