Table 3 Frequency of forms of earlobe attachment among Nigerian ethnic groups across gender: Hausa = 89; Igbo = 112; Yoruba = 106
Earlobe attachment | 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, %) | |
Free | 21, 55.3% | 20, 52.6% | 27, 52.9% | 27, 52.9% | 22, 57.9% | 24, 63.2% | 50, 67.6% | 50, 67.6% | 37, 67.3% | 35, 63.6% | 28, 54.9% | 32, 62.7% |
Partially attached | 12, 31.6% | 13, 34.2% | 16, 31.4% | 17, 33.3% | 12, 31.6% | 11, 28.9% | 22, 29.7% | 22, 29.7% | 11, 20.0% | 10, 18.2% | 18, 35.2% | 16, 31.4% |
Attached | 5, 13.2% | 5, 13.2% | 8, 15.7% | 7, 13.7% | 4, 10.5% | 3, 7.9% | 2, 2.7% | 2, 2.7% | 7, 12.7% | 10, 18.2% | 5, 9.8% | 3, 5.9% |
Total | 38 | 38 | 51 | 51 | 38 | 38 | 74 | 74 | 55 | 55 | 51 | 51 |