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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
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Sex of sibling (Mm1)

Data file: MatMort

Overview

Valid: 179183
Invalid: 1184
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 18
End: 18
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Is (NAME) male or female?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Male 92881
51.8%
2 Female 86302
48.2%
8 Dk 0
0%
9 Missing 1184
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 siblings of the respondent who share the same biological mother
Source of information
Respondent
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