Postpartum Exercise among Nigerian Women: Issues Relating to Exercise Performance and Self-Efficacy

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.

Variable	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age
15–20	14	6.1
21–30	104	45.6
31–40	107	46.9
41–50	3	1.3
Religion
Christianity	147	64.5
Islam	81	35.5
Marital status
Married	224	98.3
Single	1	0.4
Divorced	3	1.3
Level of education
Nil	3	1.3
Primary	9	4.0
Secondary	55	24.1
Tertiary	161	70.6
Employment status
Nil	8	3.5
Employed with wages	79	34.7
Voluntary worker	3	1.3
Student	19	8.3
Self-employed	119	52.2
Hours of work (hours/week)
0–48	140	61.4
49–96	87	38.2
145–168	1	0.4
Total monthly income (in Naira)
None	6	2.6
Less than 50,000	148	64.9
50,000–99,000	51	22.4
100,000–149,000	12	5.3
150,000 and above	11	4.8
Number of pregnancies
1–3	196	86.0
4–6	31	13.6
7 and above	1	0.4
Number of children
1–3	183	80.3
4–6	43	18.9
7 and above	2	0.8