Nigeria Marriage, divorce and children Stats
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- Children left in inadequate care > Female: Percentage of female children under 5 years of age either left alone or with another child under the age of 10 at least one hour a week.
- Children left in inadequate care > Male: Percentage of male children under 5 years of age either left alone or with another child under the age of 10 at least one hour a week.
- Children left in inadequate care > Total: Percentage of children of both sexes under 5 who are either left alone or with another child under the age of 10 at least one hour a week.
- Contraception use among married women > Any method: Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, any method, percentage.
- Contraception use among married women > Any method > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using any type of contraceptive.
- Contraception use among married women > Condom: Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, condom, percentage.
- Contraception use among married women > Condom > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using condoms.
- Contraception use among married women > Modern methods: Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old, modern methods, percentage.
- Contraception use among married women > Modern methods > Percentage: Percentage of all married women aged 15-49 who report using modern methods of contraception.
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Marriageable age > Females:
Female consent.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Marriageable age > Males:
Male consent.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
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Marriageable age > Notes:
Notes.
No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.
- Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Men: Minimum legal age at which men can be married without parental consent.
- Minimum marrying age > Without parental consent > For Women: Minimum legal age at which women can be married without parental consent.
- Orphans: Total number of all orphan children.
- Orphans per thousand people: Total number of all orphan children. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Teen marriage rate > Men: Percentage of male population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of males in the same age group.
- Teen marriage rate > Women: Percentage of female population aged 15-19 who has been married at least once. Percentage is out of total number of females in the same age group.
- Women denied family planning: Percentage of sexually active women who are able to but do not want to reproduce without access to family planning services.
- Years spent single before marriage > Females: Singulate mean age at marriage.
- Years spent single before marriage > Males: Singulate mean age at marriage.
SOURCES: United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Marriageable age (Africa); Wikipedia: Marriageable age (South America); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables
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Nigeria People > Marriage, divorce and children Profiles (Subcategories)
| Children left in inadequate care 3 | Contraception use among married women 6 |
