Demographic and Health Survey, 2003
Fourth Round

Nigeria, 2003

Reference ID

NGA-NPC-DHS-2003-v1.0

Producer(s)

National Population Commission (NPC)

Metadata

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Oct 18, 2010

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Ideal number of boys (V627)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 7597

Invalid: 388

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 96

Mean: 12.987

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 599

End: 600

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many of these children would you like to be boys, how many would you like to be girls and for how many would the sex not matter?

Description

Universe

All eligible women

Source of information

Respondent

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

If V613=1:50, then literal question asked. Otherwise, V627=V613.

Others

Notes

code 93 used for God's will/ choice, code 94 used for Any number, and code 96 used for other, while code 98 used for Don't know

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2003 Fourth Round