Nigeria - General Household Survey 2006, Third edition

Reference ID

NGA-NBS-GHS-2006-v1.1

Year

2007

Country

Nigeria

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) - FGN

Sponsor(s)

National Bureau of Statistics - NBS - Funding
Central Bank of Nigeria - CBN - Funding

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Overview

Identification

Country

Nigeria

Title

General Household Survey 2006

Subtitle

Third edition

Study Type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Series Information

This General Household Survey (GHS) is the 3rd in the series of Collaborative effort of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Communications Commission previously conducted in 2004, 2005 and 2006 being the current one. However the GHS is a regular survey of the National Bureau of Statistics conducted on quarterly basis before the collaboration was initiated

ID Number

NGA-NBS-GHS-2006-v1.1

Version

Version Description

version 1.1

Production Date

2008-09-03

Overview

Abstract

The Geneal Household Survey is a brainchild of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and is often referred to as Regular survey carried out on quarterly basis by the NBS over the years. In recent times, starting from 2004 to be precise, there is a collaborative effort between the NBS and the CBN in 2004 and 2005 and in 2006 the collaboration incorporated Nigerian Communications commission (NCC). The main reason of for conducting the survey was to enable the collaborating agencies fulfil their mandate in the production of current and credible statistics, to monitor and evaluate the status of the economy and the various government programmes such as the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The collaborative survey also assured the elimination of conflicts in data generated by the different agencies and ensured a reliable, authentic national statistics for the country.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Household based

Scope

Notes

Part A: Identification code, Response status, Housing characteristics/amenities

and Information communication Technology (ICT).

Part B: Socio-demographic characteristics and Labour force characteristics

Part C: Information about the people in the household who were absent during the period of the survey.

Part D: Female contraceptive only, and children ever born by mothers aged 15 years and above

Part E: Births of children in the last 12 months, and trained birth attendant used during child delivery.

Par F: Immunization of children aged 1 year or less and records of their vaccination

Part G: Child nutrition, exclusive breast feeding and length of breast feeding.

Part H: Deaths in the last 12 months, and causes of such deaths.

Part I: Health of all members, of the household and health care providers.

Part J: Household enterprises, income and profit made from such activities.

Part K: Household expenditure, such as school fees, medical expenses, housing expenses, remittance, cloth expenses, transport

expenses and food expenses.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
economic conditions and indicators [1.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
economic policy [1.3]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
income, property and investment/saving [1.5]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
rural economics [1.6]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
agricultural, forestry and rural industry [2.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
business/industrial management and organisation [2.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
employment [3.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
labour relations/conflict [3.3]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
retirement [3.4]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
unemployment [3.5]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
working conditions [3.6]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
basic skills education [6.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
compulsory and pre-school education [6.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
vocational education [6.7]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
childbearing, family planning and abortion [8.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
general health [8.4]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
natural resources and energy [9.3]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
housing [10.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
children [12.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
family life and marriage [12.5]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
gender and gender roles [12.6]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
social and occupational mobility [12.8]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
community, urban and rural life [13.1]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
specific social services: use and provision [15.3]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
information technology [16.2]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Keywords

household member, prefered tv station, Daily income, Attendance at formal school, Reason for absence, Registered with clinic, Method, Weight at birth, Vaccination record cards, Age breast feeding stopped, Cause of death, Sick in the last 4 weeks, Enterprise registerd, Tenure, Toilet Facilities, Fuel Used for Cooking, Electricity, Source of Wtater, Refuse Disposal, Material for Dwelling, Form of marriage

Coverage

Geographic Coverage (1)

National

Geographic Coverage (2)

Zone

Geographic Coverage (3)

State

Geographic Coverage (4)

Local Government

Universe

Household

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)	FGN

Other Producer(s)

Name	Affiliation	Role
Central Bank of Nigeria	FGN	Collaboration
Nigerian Communication Commission	FGN	Collaboration

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
National Bureau of Statistics	NBS	Funding
Central Bank of Nigeria	CBN	Funding

Other Acknowledgements

Name	Affiliation	Role
Nigerian Commnications Commision	NCC	Collaborating

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)	NBS	FGN	Data Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2008-09-03

DDI Document Version

Version 1.1

DDI Document ID

DDI-NGA-NBS-GHS-2006-v1.1