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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)
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Primary caregiver of children under age 18 (V482b)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 33243
Invalid: 1353
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 605
End: 605
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(Besides your own child/children), are you the primary caregiver for any children under the age of 18?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 30080
90.5%
1 Yes 3163
9.5%
9 Missing 142
Sysmiss 1211
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 eligible women
Source of information
Respondent
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