Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0

Producer(s)

National Population Commission (NPC)

Metadata

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Oct 18, 2010

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Dec 02, 2013

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Baby postnatal check within 2 months (M70)

Data file: Child

Overview

Valid: 11867

Invalid: 92941

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 235

End: 235

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In the two months after (NAME) was born, did any health care provider or a traditional birth attendant check on his/her health?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	10382	87.5%
1	Yes	1467	12.4%
8	Dk	18	0.2%
9	Missing	253
Sysmiss		92688

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

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Last birth, who was born in a health facility (M15=20:36), and whose mother's health was checked by a health care provider before she was discharged

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round