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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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Most young men wait for sex until marriage (V851b)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 33304
Invalid: 1292
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 930
End: 930
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Do you think that most young men you know wait until they are married to have sexual intercourse?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 20881
62.7%
1 Yes 7602
22.8%
8 Dk, not sure, depends 4821
14.5%
9 Missing 81
Sysmiss 1211
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 eligible women
Source of information
Respondent
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