Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey MICS3 (2007), Nigeria
Third round

Nigeria, 2007

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Reference ID

NGA-NBS-MICS3 2007-v1.2

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics [nbs]

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Child's weight (kilograms) (An1)

Data file: MICS3 Under 5 Children data

Overview

Valid: 16549

Invalid: 544

Minimum: 0.5

Maximum: 99.9

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 1

Start: 344

End: 348

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

IM20.
Does another eligible child reside in the household for whom this respondent is mother/caretaker?
Check household listing, column HL8.

Yes. then End the current questionnaire and then
Go to QUESTIONNAIRE FOR CHILDREN UNDER FIVE to administer the questionnaire for the next eligible child.

No. then End the interview with this respondent by thanking him/her for his/her cooperation.

If this is the last eligible child in the household, go on to ANTHROPOMETRY MODULE.

After questionnaires for all children are complete, the measurer weighs and measures each child.
Record weight and length/height below, taking care to record the measurements on the correct questionnaire for each child. Check the child's name and line number on the household listing before recording measurements.

Literal question

AN1. Child's weight.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
99.9	Missing	56	100%

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.

Interviewer instructions

The child should be weighed according to the instructions given during training. Record the result to the nearest tenth of a kilogram (100 grams). Place the kilograms to the left of the decimal point and grams to the right of the decimal point. Use a leading zero if the number of kilograms is one digit.

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