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
Last modified
Dec 02, 2013
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Size of child at birth (M18)
Data file: Child
Overview
Valid:
5971
Invalid:
17067
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
108
End:
108
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 8
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
When (NAME) was born, was he/she very large, larger than average, average, smaller than average, or very small?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very large | 1098 |
18.4%
|
| 2 | Larger than average | 1399 |
23.4%
|
| 3 | Average | 2557 |
42.8%
|
| 4 | Smaller than average | 490 |
8.2%
|
| 5 | Very small | 381 |
6.4%
|
| 8 | Dk | 46 |
0.8%
|
| 9 | Missing | 58 | |
| Sysmiss | 17009 |
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 children
Source of information
Respondent