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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Intends to postpone intercourse until marriage (V541)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 4300

Invalid: 30296

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 652

End: 652

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Do you intend to wait until you get married to have sexual intercourse for the first time?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	148	3.4%
1	Yes	3950	91.9%
8	Don't know / unsure	202	4.7%
9	Missing	43
Sysmiss		30253

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

Women age 15-24 years who have never had sexual intercourse (V525=0)

Source of information

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round