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)

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Arrange care of biological children under age 18 (V482a)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 22285

Invalid: 12311

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 604

End: 604

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Now I would like to ask you about your own child(ren) who (is/are) under the age of 18. Have you made arrangements for someone to care for (him/her/them) in the event that you fall sick or are unable unable to care for (him/her/them)?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No	16400	73.6%
1	Yes	5232	23.5%
8	Unsure	653	2.9%
9	Missing	468
Sysmiss		11843

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

Women with children age 0-17 years

Source of information

Respondent

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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round