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Table 1 Participants characteristics (N = 33)

From: Training medical students: victim’s perceptions of selectively screening women for intimate partner violence in health care settings

Characteristics

Total n (%)

Mean age ± SD

35.9 ± 8.0

State

 Lagos

12(36.4)

 Osun

12(36.4)

 Oyo

9(27.2)

Education

 No formal

1 (3.0)

 Primary

3 (9.2)

 Secondary

11 (33.3)

 Tertiary

18 (54.5)

Occupation

 Trading

14 (42.4)

 Artisan

5 (15.2)

 Civil servanta

7 (21.2)

 Professionalsb

5 (15.2)

 Students

2 (6.0)

Religion

 Christianity

21 (63.6)

 Islam

12 (36.4)

Ethnic group

 Yoruba

31 (93.9)

 Igbo

2 (6.1)

Marital status

 Single

3 (9.1)

 Cohabiting

1 (3.1)

 Married

17 (51.5)

 Separated

9 (27.3)

 Divorced

2 (6.1)

 Widowed

1 (3.0)

Mean life birth ± SD

2.6 ± 1.1

  1. a = civil servant included teaching b = professionals included nursing and legal practitioner