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Table 1 Sociodemographic and some other characteristics of the drivers

From: Taking alcohol by deception II: Paraga (alcoholic herbal mixture) use among commercial motor drivers in a south-western Nigerian city

Attribute

Number (%)

Age

 

Mean Age

40.6 years

Standard deviation

9.1 years

Marital status (N = 220)

 

Married

229 (71.5)

Single

45 (14.1)

Widowed

49 (14.4)

Religion (N = 316)

 

Islam

182 (57.6)

Christian

134 (42.4)

Education (N = 300)

 

None

8 (2.7)

Primary

109 (36.3)

Secondary

155 (51.7)

Post-secondary

28 (9.3)

Ethnicity

 

Yoruba

284 (89.3)

Igbo

26 (8.2)

Hausa

8 (2.5)