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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of 215 out-of-school adolescents surveyed

From: Tobacco use amongst out of school adolescents in a Local Government Area in Nigeria

Variable

n

%

Age

  

10-14 years

25

11.6

15-19 years

190

88.4

Employment status

  

Hawking

29

13.5

Apprenticeship

17

7.9

Driving

12

5.6

Car washing

11

5.1

Artisan

8

3.7

*Unstable employment/unemployed

138

64.2

Sex

  

Male

114

53.0

Female

101

47.0

Marital status

  

Single

201

93.5

Married

7

3.3

Cohabiting

7

3.3

  1. *These had no particular stable employment/are employed for a day or two in a week/are unemployed