Child Welfare Deprivation in Rural Nigeria: A Counting Approach

Table 3

Child demographic characteristics.

Characteristic	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Gender
Male	6717	49.5
Female	6844	50.5
Age (months)
0–9	2530	18.7
10–19	2515	18.5
20–29	2176	16.0
30–39	2165	16.0
40–49	2114	15.6
50–59	2061	15.2
Household size
1–3	1098	8.1
4–6	5830	43.0
7–9	3883	28.6
10 and above	2750	20.3
Region
North Central	2481	18.3
North-East	3203	23.6
North-West	3889	28.7
South-East	996	7.3
South-West	1737	12.8
South-South	1255	9.3

= 13561.