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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Oct 18, 2010

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Dec 02, 2013

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Ideal number of either sex (Mv629)

Data file: Mens

Overview

Valid: 15233

Invalid: 1489

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 96

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 297

End: 298

Width: 2

Range: 0 - 98

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How many of these children would you like to be boys, how many BOYS GIRLS EITHER
would you like to be girls and for how many would the sex not
matter?

Others

Notes

code 93 used for God's will/ choice, 94 used for Any number, code 96 used other, code 97 used for Inconsistent, and code 98 used for Don't know

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round