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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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Sex of household member (Hv104)

Data file: Person

Overview

Valid: 156802
Invalid: 30
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 13
End: 13
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Is (NAME) male or female?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Male 77929
49.7%
2 Female 78873
50.3%
9 Missing 7
Sysmiss 23
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

Universe
All persons in the HH listing
Source of information
Head of Household
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