Nigeria - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS4)-2011 Nigeria, Fourth round
Reference ID | NGA-NBS-MICS4-2011-v1.0 |
Year | 2011 |
Country | Nigeria |
Producer(s) | National Bureau of Statistics [NBS] - Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) |
Sponsor(s) | United Nation Children Fund - UNICEF - Funding Fedral Government of Nigeria - FGN - Funding National Bureau of Statistics - NBS - Funding United Nation Fund For Population Activities - UNFPA - Funding Depertment for International Deve |
Metadata |
![]() |
Created on | Aug 29, 2012 |
Last modified | Jan 15, 2018 |
Page views | 571798 |
Downloads | 16850 |
Age of child
(Uf11)
File: MICS4 Under 5 Children data
File: MICS4 Under 5 Children data
Overview
Type:
Continuous Format: numeric Width: 2 Decimals: 0 | Valid cases: 26017 Invalid: 0 Minimum: 1 Maximum: 15 Mean: 6.6 Standard deviation: 3.4 |
Universe
Record age in completed YEARS
Questions and instructions
Literal question
How old was (name) at his/her last birthday?
Post question
Age in completed years __ __
Interviewer instructions
If the mother/primary caretaker does not know the current age of the child, try asking "HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS (name) BORN?" You may help the respondent by relating the child's age to that of other children or to some important event or to the season of birth, by asking, for example,