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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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Work for family, others, self (V719)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 20595
Invalid: 14001
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 705
End: 705
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 3
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Do you do this work for a member of your family, for someone else, or are you self-employed?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 For family member 3478
16.9%
2 For someone else 2330
11.3%
3 Self-employed 14787
71.8%
9 Missing 55
Sysmiss 13946
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 who report some employment activity in the last 12 months (V731=1)
Source of information
Respondent
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