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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Total children ever born (Mv201)

Data file: Mens

Overview

Valid: 15486

Invalid: 1236

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 45

Mean: 3.029

Standard deviation: 4.287

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 136

End: 137

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 45

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Now I would like to ask about any children you have had during your life. I am interested in all of the children that are biologically yours, even if they are not legally yours or do not have your

Literal question

Have you ever fathered any children with any woman?

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