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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 women should wait for sex until marriage (V851g)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 33303
Invalid: 1293
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 935
End: 935
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Do you believe that young women should wait until they are married to have sexual intercourse?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 2785
8.4%
1 Yes 29387
88.2%
8 Dk, not sure, depends 1131
3.4%
9 Missing 82
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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