Nigeria Adolescents and Youth Country Profile Child Marriage Population Distribution, Girls aged 10-14, by Residence and Region

Percentage of women aged 20-24 who got married before age 18 Kano Niger Kaduna Katsina 10% Lagos Kebbi Oyo Benue 5% Zamfara Borno 5% Jigawa Bauchi Sokoto Yobe Anambra Ebonyi Urban 5% 40% Ogun Adamawa Ondo Rivers 4% Rural Kogi Akwa Ibom 60% Cross River Gombe 4% Taraba Enugu Delta Plateau 4% Osun Imo 2% 4% Edo Nasarawa 3% 4% Kwara Abia 3% 3% 3% 4% FCT Abuja Bayelsa Ekiti

Girls Boys Age group Number Percentage Number Percentage 5.9 - 26.8 26.9 - 48.8 10-14 9,385,563 12 9,850,302 12.1 48.9 - 70.0 15-19 7,985,385 10.2 8,382,571 10.3 70.1 and more 20-24 6,950,607 8.9 7,281,948 9.0 (Percent) Source: World Population Prospects, 2012 Revision Parental Residence in Household among Girls aged 10-14 Marital Status among Adolescent Girls aged 15-19 Both parents in HH Either Mother or Father in HH Neither parent in HH Currently married/in union Never-married

Nigeria 67 18 15 Nigeria 29 70

Urban 61 20 19 Urban 11 89 Rural 71 17 12 Rural 42 57

Anambra 47 22 32 Jigawa 78 21 Kwara 50 24 26 Katsina 72 25 Cross River 45 30 25 Zamfara 70 30 Akwa Ibom 49 25 25 Bauchi 66 33 Kogi 46 29 25 Sokoto 56 44 Imo 47 28 25 Gombe 55 43 Benue 56 20 25 Kebbi 51 47 Ekiti 52 24 24 Borno 51 48 FCT Abuja 62 15 23 Yobe 49 47 Lagos 57 20 23 Kano 38 61 Enugu 51 28 22 Kaduna 38 61 Rivers 50 28 22 Niger 33 67 Ebonyi 47 32 22 Taraba 32 68 Osun 62 17 21 Adamawa 31 68 Nasarawa 58 22 21 Benue 27 72 Oyo 56 24 20 Nasarawa 15 83 Abia 63 18 20 Kogi 14 84 Adamawa 58 23 19 Oyo 13 87 Bayelsa 52 29 19 Plateau 12 88 Ondo 51 30 19 FCT Abuja 11 89 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 Notes: include 20 States with the highest percentage of girls 10-14 living with neither parent in HH only Notes: include 20 States with the highest percentage of girls 15-19 that are currently married/in union only School Attendance among Adolescents aged 10-19 (include 20 States with the highest percentage of girls 10-14 /15-19 that are out of school only ) All girls age 10-14 All girls age 15-19 Out of school In school (wrong grade) In school (right grade) Out of school In school (wrong grade) In school (right grade) Nigeria 28 9 63 Nigeria 51 7 42

Urban 9 9 82 Urban 34 7 59 Rural 41 9 50 Rural 63 7 30

Yobe 83 1 17 Jigawa 90 2 8 Sokoto 74 6 21 Katsina 88 2 10 Zamfara 65 5 31 Sokoto 87 3 10 Jigawa 64 4 31 Yobe 86 1 13 Kebbi 60 5 36 Zamfara 85 2 13 Gombe 58 8 34 Bauchi 80 4 16 Borno 57 5 38 Borno 79 5 17 Katsina 57 5 38 Kebbi 78 2 20 Bauchi 50 7 43 Gombe 74 4 22 Niger 37 8 55 Niger 68 4 28 Kaduna 31 10 59 Taraba 58 15 28 Kano 29 11 59 Kano 57 6 37 Taraba 25 14 61 Kaduna 55 7 39 Adamawa 21 13 66 Adamawa 52 10 38 Nasarawa 18 12 70 Cross River 47 8 46 Plateau 17 10 72 Nasarawa 38 14 47 FCT Abuja 10 10 80 Plateau 38 14 48 Oyo 8 7 86 Rivers 38 10 52 Benue 7 21 72 Lagos 38 4 59 Ogun 7 10 83 Oyo 36 5 59

0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 Source: DHS 2013 unless indicated | Technical Division, United Nations Population Fund | 2014 Nigeria Nigeria Adolescents and Youth Country Profile Child Marriage and Adolescent Pregnancy

Percentage of women aged 20-24 who got married before age 18/15 Percentage of women aged 20-24 who gave brith before age 18/15 Nigeria 17 43 Nigeria 6 29

Rural 25 58 Rural 8 39 Urban 6 21 Urban 2 15

No education 39 80 No education 12 55 Primary education 19 58 Primary education 9 38 Secondary education 4 19 Secondary education 2 13

Lowest 45 82 Lowest 14 57 Second 27 67 Second 10 44 Middle 13 39 Middle 5 28 Married by age 15 Fourth 7 26 Fourth 2 16 Gave birth by age 15 Highest 2 12 Married by age 18 Highest 1 9 Gave birth by age 18 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 Family Planning Adolescents and Youth Percentage of currently married/in union females Percentage of currently married/in union females aged 20- Percentage of currently married/in union females aged aged 15-24 who have an unmet need for family 24 who currently using/not currently using contraception 15-24 who have their contraception demand satisfied planning Currently using any modern method 20-24 year old Currently using any method 20-24 year old 20-24 year old 15-19 year old 20-24 year old 15-19 year old Not currently using 20-24 year old 17 Nigeria 37 Nigeria 6 10 90 Nigeria 13 14

16 28 Rural 4 6 94 Rural 13 Rural 10 18 49 Urban 11 18 82 Urban 15 Urban 28

14 8 No education 1 1 99 No education 10 No education 3 19 36 Primary education 7 11 89 Primary education 18 Primary education 14 20 51 Secondary education 14 21 80 Secondary education 21 Secondary education 30

13 7 Lowest 0 1 99 Lowest 11 Lowest 2 14 24 Second 3 4 96 Second 11 Second 12 21 30 Middle 6 9 91 Middle 15 Middle 13 21 42 Fourth 10 15 85 Fourth 20 Fourth 34 15 66 Highest 19 28 72 Highest 21 Highest 15 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 0 20 40 60 80 100 Sexual Activity and Age Difference between Couples Adolescents and Youth Percentage of never-married 15-19 year old girls who are sexually active Age difference between women and current husband/cohabiting partner, among and who ever had sex (percent) female aged 15-24 (percent) Sexually active Ever had sex Partner 10 or more years older Partner 5-9 years older Partner less than 5 years older/ same age/younger Nigeria 6 20 Nigeria 48 37 15

Rural 7 22 Rural 48 36 15 Urban 6 19 Urban 46 40 15

No education 2 5 No education 53 35 12 Primary education 5 18 Primary education 48 37 15 Secondary education 7 22 Secondary education 36 42 22

Lowest 1 8 Lowest 49 37 14 Second 7 20 Second 52 34 14 Middle 8 22 Middle 46 37 17 Fourth 6 20 Fourth 43 39 18 Highest 7 22 Highest 40 45 16 0 20 40 0 20 40 60 80 100 Women's Empowerment and HIV/AIDS Knowledge Adolescents and Youth Percentage of 15-24 year old females who think that wife Percentage of currently married women age 15-24 who Percentage of females aged 15-24 who have beating is justified under at least one condition usually make decisions regarding contraceptive use either comprehensive Knowledge of HIV/AIDS by themselves or jointly with their husbands

8 32 Nigeria 35 Nigeria 2 Nigeria 27

41 5 26 Rural Rural 1 Rural 22 27 14 39 Urban Urban 5 Urban 32 20-24 year old 20-24 year old 42 1 15-19 year old 23 No education No education 0 No education 16 15-19 year old 41 8 27 Primary education Primary education 2 Primary education 21 32 17 35 Secondary education Secondary education 8 Secondary education 32

42 1 19 Lowest Lowest 0 Lowest 14 45 3 25 Second Second 2 Second 20 42 7 32 Middle Middle 2 Middle 27 30 12 36 Fourth Fourth 9 Fourth 31 21 24 44 Highest Highest 2 Highest 38 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 0 20 40 60 80 100

Source: DHS 2013 unless indicated | Technical Division, United Nations Population Fund | 2014