National Statistics for Nigeria and Ethiopia

For Nigeria, the percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were married by age 20 was:

• 92% if they had received no education,
• 56% if they had received a primary education, and
• 25% if they had received a secondary education.

The percentage of Nigerian women aged 20 to 24 years who had sex by the age of 20 was:

• 85% if they had received no education,
• 68% if they had received a primary education, and
• 54% if they had received a secondary education.

The percentage of Nigerian women aged 20 to 24 years who had given birth by the age of 20 was:

• 77% if they had received no education,
• 47% if they had received a primary education, and
• 18% if they had received a secondary education.

For Ethiopia, the percentage of women aged 20 to 24 years who were married by age 20 was:

• 72% if they had received no education,
• 58% if they had received a primary education, and
• 32% if they had received a secondary education.

The percentage of Ethiopian women aged 20 to 24 years who had sex by the age of 20 was:

• 72% if they had received no education,
• 56% if they received a primary education, and
• 41% if they had received a secondary education.

The percentage of Ethiopian women aged 20 to 24 years who had given birth by the age of 20 was:

• 48% if they had received no education,
• 42% if they had received a primary education, and
• 20% if they had received a secondary education.

Information found on World Bank’s “Girls’ Education in Africa: What Do We Know about Strategies That Work?” Written by Eileen Kane in 2004. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/547664-1099080014368/girls_ed_Africa04_AFRHD.pdf