Parental Knowledge, Willingness, and Attitude towards Contraceptive Usage among Their Unmarried Adolescents in Ekpoma, Edo State, Nigeria

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study respondents.

Variables	Frequency ()	Percentage (%)
Age of respondents in years
25–40	313	86.9
41–56	40	11.1
≥57	7	1.9
Mean (±standard deviation): 38 (±6)
Gender
Male	78	21.7
Female	282	78.3
Marital status
Married	297	82.5
Unmarried/single	42	11.7
Divorced	13	3.6
Widow	8	2.2
Occupation
Civil servant	329	91.4
Artisan	26	7.2
Farmer	5	1.4
Educational level
Primary	32	8.9
Secondary	3	0.8
Tertiary	278	77.2
Others	47	13.1
Religion
Christianity	318	88.3
Muslims	12	3.3
Traditional religion	30	8.3
Ethnicity
Esan	344	95.6
Benin	9	2.5
Others	7	1.9
Duration of marriage ()
10-25	304	95.6
26-41	12	3.8
≥42	2	0.6
Mean (standard deviation): 13.8 (±4.5)

Tertiary (diploma (4.2%), nursing (5.0%), polytechnic (15.5%), BSc (38.5%), MSc (10.8%), PhD (3.1%)). Others (vocational studies (4.0%), never attended school (8.1%)). Others (Igbo (0.5%), Auchi (0.5%), Hausa (0.14%), Etsako (0.4%), and Yoruba (0.36%)).