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Nigeria
Appendix Table B1: Reasons for choice of primary school in Nigeria
Closest to
space
available
Better
School
Less
Expensive
Religi
on
Safer
School
Other # of
childr
en
Sex
Male 48.
0
35.
9
12.7 1.8 0.7 0.9 19,866
Female 47.
5
37.
1
12.0 1.9 0.5 0.9 17,523
Age
5 59.
4
27.
5
11.3 1.2 0.1 0.4 2,024
6 to 7 46.
5
38.
7
11.2 2.2 0.5 0.8 9,426
8 to 11 45.
1
39.
0
12.4 1.9 0.6 0.9 19,314
12 to 16 53.
8
28.
6
14.3 1.5 0.7 1.2 6,624
Residence
Urban 32.
1
49.
5
14.2 2.5 0.8 0.9 17,535
Rural 61.
7
24.
9
10.8 1.3 0.5 0.9 19,854
Region
North
Central
48.
8
36.
6
11.8 1.5 0.4 0.8 6,248
North East 67.
8
21.
6
9.6 0.5 0.1 0.4 3,792
North
West
74.
0
15.
0
8.0 2.4 0.2 0.3 8,401
South East 37.
4
44.
9
11.4 2.2 1.9 2.2 5,208
South-
South
34.
6
39.
7
23.4 0.7 0.5 0.9 6,242
South
West
25.
6
59.
2
10.6 2.8 0.7 1.0 7,497
Economic Status
Quintile
Lowest 79.
7
12.
8
6.3 0.6 0.1 0.5 4,976
Second 68.
7
17.
5
11.5 1.3 0.3 0.5 7,148
Middle 52.
9
27.
9
15.6 2.2 0.5 0.8 8,083
Fourth 37.
3
43.
0
14.6 2.7 1.1 1.3 8,058
Highest 15.
7
69.
3
11.2 2.0 0.7 1.1 8,208
Source: NPC & RTI (2016)