Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round
Nigeria, 2008
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Final say on own health care (V743a)
Data file: Woman
Overview
Valid:
23888
Invalid:
10708
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
715
End:
715
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 6
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Who usually makes decisions about health care for yourself: you, your husband/partner, you and your husband/partner jointly, or someone else?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Respondent alone | 2068 |
8.7%
|
| 2 | Respondent and husband/partner | 8032 |
33.6%
|
| 3 | Respondent and other person | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Husband/partner alone | 13690 |
57.3%
|
| 5 | Someone else | 68 |
0.3%
|
| 6 | Other | 30 |
0.1%
|
| 9 | Missing | 66 | |
| Sysmiss | 10642 |
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 are currently married/living with a man (V502=1)
Source of information
Respondent