Nigeria - Demographic and Health Survey, 2008, Fifth Round
Reference ID | NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0 |
Year | 2008 |
Country | Nigeria |
Producer(s) | National Population Commission (NPC) - Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) |
Sponsor(s) | President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - PEPFAR - funding United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA - funding MEASURE DHS Project - MEASURE - funding |
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Created on | Oct 18, 2010 |
Last modified | Dec 02, 2013 |
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Data Dictionary
Data File: Woman
Content | The women questionnaire (see External resources) f or demographic and Health Survey, 2008 included select demographic and health outcomes, e.g contraceptive use and the receipt of health care services during pregnancy, at delivery, and in the postnatal period, fertility, infant and child mortality immunization levels use of family planning breastfeeding practices nutritional status of mothers and young children use of mosquito nets, female genital cutting, maternal and child health domestic violence and sexual activity and awareness behaviour regarding AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections in Nigeria. |
Cases | 34596 |
Variable(s) | 964 |
Structure: | Type: relational Keys: Hhid (Case identification), Caseid (Case identification) |
Version | Version 1.0 (June, 2010) |
Producer | National Population Commission (NPC) |
Missing Data | All missing data were coded 99 dependimg on the field lenght. Likewise Dont know were coded as missing with 98 also depending on the field lenght. |
Processing Checks | Checking all the identification variable for unvalid code and correction was done, all ranges code were checked |
Variables
Name | Label | Question | |
V502 | Currently/formerly/never marr. | ||
V503 | Number of unions | Have you been married or lived with a man only once or more than once? | |
V504 | Husband lives in house | Is your husband/partner living with you now or is he staying elsewhere? | |
V505 | Number of other wives | Does your husband/partner have other wives or does he live with other women as if married? (IF YES) Including yourself, in total, how many wives or partners does your husband live with now as if married? | |
V506 | Wife rank number | ||
V507 | Month of first marriage | ||
V508 | Year of first marriage | ||
V509 | Date of first marriage (cmc) | (MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN ONLY ONCE) In what month and year did you start living with your husband/partner? (MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN MORE THAN ONCE) Now I would like to ask about when you started living with your first husband/partner. In what month and year was that? | |
V510 | Completeness of date inform. | ||
V511 | Age at first marriage | ||
V512 | Years since first marriage | ||
V513 | Marital duration (grouped) | ||
V525 | Age at first intercourse | Now I need to ask you some questions about sexual activity in order to gain a better understanding of some important life issues. How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the very first time? | |
V527 | Time since last intercourse | When was the last time you had sexual intercourse? | |
V528 | Time (days) since last intercourse(g) | ||
V529 | Time (months) since last intercourse(imputed) | When was the last time you had sexual intercourse? | |
V530 | Flag for v529 | ||
V531 | Age at first intercourse (imp) | ||
V532 | Flag for v531 | ||
V535 | Have ever been married | Have you ever been married or lived together with a man as if married? | |
V536 | Recent sexual activity | ||
V537 | Months of abstinence | ||
V538 | How previous marriage or union ended | How did your previous marriage or union end? | |
V539 | Who received most of late husbands property | To whom did most of your late husband's property go to? | |
V540 | Respondent received any of late husband's assets or valuable | Did you receive any of your late husband's assets or valuables? | |
V541 | Intends to postpone intercourse until marriage | Do you intend to wait until you get married to have sexual intercourse for the first time? | |
V602 | Fertility preference | (NOT PREGNANT OR UNSURE) Now I have some questions about the future. Would you like to have (a/another) child, or would you prefer not to have any (more) children? (PREGNANT) Now I have some questions about the future. After the child you are expecting now, would you like to have another child, or would you prefer not to have any more children? | |
V603 | Preferred waiting time | (NOT PREGNANT OR UNSURE) How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child? (PREGNANT) After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child? | |
V604 | Preferred waiting time (grpd) | ||
V605 | Desire for more children | ||
V613 | Ideal number of children | (HAS LIVING CHILDREN) If you could go back to the time you did not have any children and could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be? (NO LIVING CHILDREN) If you could choose exactly the number of children to have in your whole life, how many would that be? | |
V614 | Ideal number of children (grp) | ||
V616 | Time for future birth | (NOT PREGNANT OR UNSURE) How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of (a/another) child? (PREGNANT) After the birth of the child you are expecting now, how long would you like to wait before the birth of another child? | |
V621 | Husbands desire for children | Does your husband/partner want the same number of children that you want, or does he want more or fewer than you want? | |
V623 | Exposure | ||
V624 | Unmet need | ||
V625 | Exposure (definition 2) | ||
V626 | Unmet need (definition 2) | ||
V627 | Ideal number of boys | How many of these children would you like to be boys, how many would you like to be girls and for how many would the sex not matter? | |
V628 | Ideal number of girls | How many of these children would you like to be boys, how many would you like to be girls and for how many would the sex not matter? | |
V629 | Ideal number of either sex | How many of these children would you like to be boys, how many would you like to be girls and for how many would the sex not matter? | |
V631 | [na] problem if became pregnant | ||
V632 | Decision maker for using contraception | Would you say that using contraception is mainly your decision, mainly your husband's/partner's decision, or did you both decide together? | |
V633a | Reason for not having sex: husband has std | Husbands and wives do not always agree on everything. If a wife knows her husband has a disease that she can get during sexual intercourse, is she justified in refusing to have sex with him? | |
V633b | Reason for not having sex: husband has other women | Is a wife justified in refusing to have sex with her husband when she knows her husband has sex with other women? | |
V633c | [na] reason for not having sex: recent birth | ||
V633d | Reason for not having sex: tired, mood | Is a wife justified in refusing to have sex with her husband when she is tired or not in the mood? | |
V633e | [na] reason for not having sex: cs | ||
V633f | [na] reason for not having sex: cs | ||
V633g | [na] reason for not having sex: cs | ||
V634 | Husband knows that respondent is using contraception | Does your husband/partner know that you are using a method of family planning? | |
V701 | Partner's education level | Did your (last) husband/partner ever attend school? (IF YES) What was the highest level of school he attended: primary, secondary, or higher? | |
V702 | Highest year of education | What was the highest (grade/form/year) he completed at that level? | |
V704 | Partner's occupation | (CURRENTLY MARRIED/LIVING WITH A MAN) What is your husband's/partner's occupation? That is, what kind of work does he mainly do? (FORMERLY MARRIED/LIVED WITH A MAN) What was your (last) husband's/partner's occupation? That is, what kind of work did he mainly do? | |
V705 | Partner's occupation | ||
V714 | Respondent currently working | Aside from your own housework, have you done any work in the last seven days? (IF NO) As you know, some women take up jobs for which they are paid in cash or kind. Others sell things, have a small business or work on the family farm or in the family business. In the last seven days, have you done any of these things or any other work? (IF NO) Although you did not work in the last seven days, do you have any job or business from which you were absent for leave, illness, vacation, maternity leave or any other such reason? | |
V714a | Have a job from which respondent was absent | Although you did not work in the last seven days, do you have any job or business from which you were absent for leave, illness, vacation, maternity leave or any other such reason? | |
V715 | Husbands education-single yrs | ||
V716 | Respondent's occupation | What is your occupation, that is, what kind of work do you mainly do? | |
V717 | Respondent's occupation | ||
V719 | Work for family, others, self | Do you do this work for a member of your family, for someone else, or are you self-employed? | |
V721 | Works at home or away | Do you usually work at home or away from home? | |
V729 | Partner's educational attainm. | ||
V730 | Partners age | How old was your husband/partner on his last birthday? | |
V731 | Worked in last 12 months | Although you did not work in the last seven days, do you have any job or business from which you were absent for leave, illness, vacation, maternity leave or any other such reason? What is your occupation, that is, what kind of work do you mainly do? | |
V732 | Employment all year/seasonal | Do you usually work throughout the year, or do you work seasonally, or only once in a while? | |
V739 | Who decides how to spend money | Who usually decides how the money you earn will be used: mainly you, mainly your husband/partner, or you and your husband/partner jointly? | |
V740 | Type of land where resp. Works | Do you work mainly on your own land or on family land, or do you work on land that you rent from someone else, or do you work on someone else's land? | |
V741 | Type of earnings for work | Are you paid in cash or kind for this work or are you not paid at all? | |
V743a | Final say on own health care | Who usually makes decisions about health care for yourself: you, your husband/partner, you and your husband/partner jointly, or someone else? | |
V743b | Final say on making large household purchases | Who usually makes decisions about making major household purchases? | |
V743c | Final say on making household purchases for daily needs | Who usually makes decisions about making purchases for daily household needs? | |
V743d | Final say on visits to family or relatives | Who usually makes decisions about visits to your family or relatives? | |
V743e | [na] final say on food to be cooked each day | ||
V743f | Final say on deciding what to do with money husband earns | Who usually decides how your husband's/partner's earnings will be used: you, your husband/partner, or you and your husband/partner jointly? | |
V744a | Wife beating justified if she goes out without telling him | Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations: If she goes out without telling him? | |
V744b | Wife beating justified if she neglects the children | Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations: If she neglects the children? | |
V744c | Wife beating justified if she argues with him | Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations: If she argues with him? | |
V744d | Wife beating justified if she refuses to have sex with him | Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations: If she refuses to have sex with him? | |
V744e | Wife beating justified if she burns the food | Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations: If she burns the food? | |
V746 | Earns more than partner | Would you say that the money that you earn is more than what your husband/partner earns, less than what he earns, or about the same? | |
V750 | Heard sexual transmit. Disease | ||
V751 | Ever heard of aids | Now I would like to talk about something else. Have you ever heard of an illness called AIDS? | |
V754bp | Reduce risk of getting aids by not having sex at all | Can people reduce their chance of getting the AIDS virus by not having sexual intercourse at all? | |
V754cp | Reduce chances of aids by always using condoms during sex | Can people reduce their chance of getting the AIDS virus by using a condom every time they have sex? | |
V754dp | Reduce chance of aids: have 1 sex partner with no oth partnr | Can people reduce their chance of getting the AIDS virus by having just one uninfected sex partner who has no other sex partners? | |
V754jp | Get aids from mosquito bites | Can people get the AIDS virus from mosquito bites? | |
V754wp | Get aids by sharing food with person who has aids | Can people get the AIDS virus by sharing food with a person who has AIDS? | |
V756 | Can a healthy person have aids | Is it possible for a healthy-looking person to have the AIDS virus? | |
V761 | Last intercourse used condom | The last time you had sexual intercourse (with this second/third person), was a condom used? | |
V761b | Intercourse with other man (1) used condom | The last time you had sexual intercourse (with this second/third person), was a condom used? | |
V761c | Intercourse with other man (2) used condom | The last time you had sexual intercourse (with this second/third person), was a condom used? | |
V762aa | Source for condoms: government hospital | Do you know of a place where a person can get condoms? (IF YES) Where is that? Any other place? | |
V762ab | Source for condoms: government health center/post | Do you know of a place where a person can get condoms? (IF YES) Where is that? Any other place? | |
V762ac | Source for condoms: family planning clinic | Do you know of a place where a person can get condoms? (IF YES) Where is that? Any other place? | |
V762ad | Source for condoms: mobile clinic | Do you know of a place where a person can get condoms? (IF YES) Where is that? Any other place? | |
V762ae | Source for condoms: public field worker | Do you know of a place where a person can get condoms? (IF YES) Where is that? Any other place? | |
V762af | Source for condoms: other public | Do you know of a place where a person can get condoms? (IF YES) Where is that? Any other place? | |
V762ag | [na] source for condoms: public cs | Do you know of a place where a person can get condoms? (IF YES) Where is that? Any other place? | |
V762ah | [na] source for condoms: public cs | Do you know of a place where a person can get condoms? (IF YES) Where is that? Any other place? | |
Total variable(s):
964 |