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

DDI/XML JSON

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Oct 18, 2010

Last modified

Dec 02, 2013

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Birth weight (kilos - 3 dec.) (M19)

Data file: Child

Overview

Valid: 25304

Invalid: 79504

Minimum: 500

Maximum: 9996

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 122

End: 125

Width: 4

Range: 500 - 9998

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Was (NAME) weighed at birth? (IF YES) How much did (NAME) weigh?

Question post text

Record weight in kilograms from health card, if available.

Description

Universe

All children

Source of information

Respondent

Others

Notes

Children who were not weighed at birth are coded to 9996 (other).

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round