Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round
Nigeria, 2008
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Size of child at birth (M18)
Data file: Child
Overview
Valid:
28185
Invalid:
76623
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
121
End:
121
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 | 5160 |
18.3%
|
| 2 | Larger than average | 7852 |
27.9%
|
| 3 | Average | 10732 |
38.1%
|
| 4 | Smaller than average | 2812 |
10%
|
| 5 | Very small | 1427 |
5.1%
|
| 8 | Dk | 202 |
0.7%
|
| 9 | Missing | 462 | |
| Sysmiss | 76161 |
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