Table 1 Frequency of shape of ear among Nigerian ethnic groups across gender: Hausa = 89; Igbo = 112; Yoruba = 106
Shape of the ear | HAUSA | IGBO | YORUBA | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||||
Right ear | Left ear | Right ear | Left ear | Right ear | Left ear | Right ear | Left ear | Right ear | Left ear | Right ear | Left ear | |
(N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | (N, %) | |
Oval | 10, 26.3% | 9, 23.7% | 8, 15.7% | 8, 15.7% | 15, 39.5% | 12, 31.6% | 30, 40.5% | 28, 37.8% | 20, 36.4% | 22, 40.0% | 23, 45.1% | 23, 45.1% |
Triangular | 10, 26.3% | 9, 23.7% | 22, 43.1% | 18, 35.3% | 6, 15.8% | 7, 18.4% | 18, 24.3% | 19, 25.7% | 15, 27.3% | 14, 25.4% | 13, 25.5% | 11, 21.6% |
Rectangular | 5, 13.2% | 8, 21.1% | 5, 9.8% | 7, 13.7% | 5, 13.2% | 6, 15.8% | 6, 8.1% | 8, 10.8% | 9, 16.4% | 10,18.2% | 4, 7.8% | 6, 11.8% |
Round | 13, 34.2% | 12, 31.5% | 16, 31.4% | 18, 35.3% | 12, 31.5% | 13, 34.2% | 20, 27.0% | 19, 25.7% | 11, 20.0% | 9, 16.4% | 11, 21.6% | 11, 21.5% |
Total | 38 | 38 | 51 | 51 | 38 | 38 | 74 | 74 | 55 | 55 | 51 | 51 |