Research Article
Sociodemographic Correlates of Choice of Health Care Services in Six Rural Communities in North Central Nigeria
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents (
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| Characteristic | Frequency | Percent |
| Age group (years) | | | <20 | 12 | 7.8 | 20–30 | 50 | 32.5 | 31–40 | 35 | 22.7 | 41–50 | 25 | 16.2 | 51–60 | 20 | 13.0 | >60 | 12 | 7.8 | Sex | | | Male | 133 | 86.4 | Female | 21 | 13.6 | Religion | | | Christian | 119 | 77.3 | Muslim | 20 | 13.6 | Traditionalist | 15 | 9.7 | Educational status | | | None | 25 | 16.2 | Quranic | 8 | 5.2 | Primary | 41 | 26.6 | Secondary | 58 | 37.7 | Tertiary | 22 | 14.3 | Occupation | | | Farming | 96 | 62.3 | Business | 33 | 21.4 | Civil service | 25 | 16.2 | Monthly income (in numbers) | | | <1000 | 40 | 26.0 | 1000–5000 | 71 | 46.1 | 6000–10000 | 28 | 18.1 | >10000 | 15 | 9.7 |
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