International health regulations and pre-travel health practices of international travelers at Nigerian airport: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Demographic characteristics of respondents and respondents’ destinations

Variable	Frequency (n = 479)	Percentage (%)
Age Groups
18–29	159	33.2
30–39	153	31.9
40–49	99	20.7
50 and above	68	14.2
Gender
Female	147	30.7
Male	332	69.3
Marital Status
Single	185	38.6
Married	275	57.4
Divorced/Separated	5	1.0
Widowed/widower	14	2.9
Educational Status
No formal	1	0.2
Primary	19	4.0
Secondary	65	13.6
Undergraduate	201	42.0
Postgraduate	193	40.3
Occupation
Unemployed (Student/trainee/Retired)	89	18.6
Employed	390	81.4
Monthly income in Naira
Less than or equal to 30,000	33	6.9
30,001 to 120,000	164	34.2
120,001 to 240,000	154	32.2
240,001 to 480,000	76	15.9
480,001 to 960,000	32	6.7
Greater than 960,000	20	4.2
Religion
Christianity (Orthodox, Protestant, Catholic)	333	69.5
Islam	42	8.8
Others (Buddhism, Hindu, Sikhism, Paganism)	98	20.5
None	6	1.3
Nationality
Nigerian	321	67.0
Non-Nigerian	158	33.0
WHO Region of Residence
AFRO	350	73.1
SEARO	91	19.0
AMRO	16	3.3
EURO	15	3.1
EMRO	6	1.3
WPRO	1	0.2
Class of Country of Residence^#
Developing	451	94.2
Developed	28	5.8
Region respondents are traveling to
EURO	135	28.2
EMRO	109	22.8
SEARO	92	19.2
AMRO	78	16.3
AFRO	63	13.2
WPRO	2	0.4
Area of dwelling at destination
Urban	476	99.4
Rural	3	0.6
Endemicity of diseases subject to IHR at travelers’ destination
No	328	68.5
Yes
Cholera	101	21.1
YF	50	10.4
Plague	0	0.0

*Multiple responses were allowed
AFRO: African Region EMRO: Eastern Mediterranean Region EURO: European Region
AMRO: American Region SEARO: Southeast Asia Region WPRO: Western Pacific Region
^#Country of residence was classified into developed and developing according to the country classification system of the 2020 World Economic Situations and Prospects (WESP) [41].

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