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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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Young men should wait for sex until marriage (V851a)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 33305
Invalid: 1291
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 929
End: 929
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Do you believe that young men should wait until they are married to have sexual intercourse?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 3746
11.2%
1 Yes 28437
85.4%
8 Dk, not sure, depends 1122
3.4%
9 Missing 80
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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