Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS5) 2016
Fifth round

Nigeria, 2016 - 2017

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Reference ID

NGA-NBS-MICS5-2016-v01

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS),

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Religion of household head (HC1A)

Data file: HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS

Overview

Valid: 33901

Invalid: 1846

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 95

End: 95

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 7

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What is the religion of the head of this household?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Christianity	18521	54.6%
2	Islam	14895	43.9%
3	Traditional	419	1.2%
6	Other religion (specify)	28	0.1%
7	No religion	38	0.1%
Sysmiss		1846

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.

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