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Table 2 Chi square tests for percentage distribution of lip print patterns of male and female Ibo and Hausa ethnics groups of Nigeria

From: Considering the lip print patterns of Ibo and Hausa Ethnic groups of Nigeria: checking the wave of ethnically driven terrorism

Pattern

Ibo

Hausa

Ā 

Male

Female

Total

Ī§2

p-value

Male

Female

Total

Ī§2

p-value

Type I

23.5

19.5

21.50

24.23

0.235

23.00

11.50

17.25

27.24

0.344

Type Iā€™

18.0

22.5

20.25

39.00

31.00

35.00

Type II

13.0

05.0

09.00

21.00

22.50

21.75

Type III

22.5

29.5

26.00

10.50

24.00

17.25

Type IV

15.5

12.0

13.75

04.00

08.50

06.25

Type V

07.5

11.5

09.50

02.50

02.50

02.50

  1. Table 2 shows that Type I (23.5%) and III (22.5%) were predominant lip print patterns for male Ibo and Type III (29.50%) for female Ibo, while the predominant lip print pattern for both male and female Hausa was Type Iā€™; 39.00% and 31.00%, respectively. However, the frequency distribution was not statistically significant (Pā€‰>ā€‰0.05)