Nigeria - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS5) 2016, Fifth round
Reference ID | NGA-NBS-MICS5-2016-v01 |
Year | 2016 - 2017 |
Country | Nigeria |
Producer(s) | National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) - Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) |
Sponsor(s) | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Bill Gates - Funding partner United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - Sponsor Save One Million Lives - SOML - Funding partner United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA - Funding partner World Bank - W |
Metadata |
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Created on | Nov 20, 2018 |
Last modified | Nov 20, 2018 |
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Data Dictionary
Data File: UNDER 5 CHILDREN MODULE
Content | This module contains information about under five children (0-59 months) Age, Birth Registration, Early Childhood Development, Breastfeeding and Dietary Intake, Immunization care of Illness and Anthropometry. |
Cases | 28578 |
Variable(s) | 347 |
Version | Version 1.0 (January, 2018). |
Producer | National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) |
Missing Data | All missing data were asterisks (*) and have been categorized as values '9' or '99' |
Processing Checks | Checking of all invalids codes were corrected |
Notes | Generally, the variables are named to correspond with each of the questions. Example: 'Sysmiss' is a name given to System Missing Values. It is assigned by default. |
Variables
Name | Label | Question | |
TN12_2 | Person 2 who slept under net | Name Line number | |
TN12_3 | Person 3 who slept under net | Name Line number | |
TN12_4 | Person 4 who slept under net | Name Line number | |
HH6 | Area | Area: | |
HH7 | State name | State name | |
HL4 | Sex | Is (name) male or female? | |
HL6A | Member stayed in the house last night | Did (name) stay here last night? | |
ED4A | Highest level of education attended | What is the highest level of school (name) has attended? | |
ED4B | Highest grade completed at that level | What is the highest grade (name) completed at this level? | |
CDOI | Date of interview child (CMC) | ||
CDOB | Date of birth of child (CMC) | On what day, month and year was (name) born? | |
CAGE | Age (months) | How old is (name)? | |
CAGE_6 | Age | ||
CAGE_11 | Age | ||
CAGED | Age in days | ||
HAP | Height for age percentile NCHS | ||
HAZ | Height for age z-score NCHS | ||
HAM | Height for age percent of reference median NCHS | ||
WAP | Weight for age percentile NCHS | ||
WAZ | Weight for age z-score NCHS | ||
WAM | Weight for age percent of reference median NCHS | ||
WHP | Weight for height percentile NCHS | ||
WHZ | Weight for height z-score NCHS | ||
WHM | Weight for height percent of reference median NCHS | ||
FLAG | Flag for anthropometric indicators | ||
BMI | Body Mass Index WHO | ||
ZBMI | Body Mass Index z-score WHO | ||
HAZ2 | Height for age z-score WHO | ||
WAZ2 | Weight for age z-score WHO | ||
WHZ2 | Weight for height z-score WHO | ||
HAZFLAG | Height for age flag WHO | ||
WAZFLAG | Weight for age flag WHO | ||
WHZFLAG | Weight for height flag WHO | ||
BMIFLAG | BMI flag WHO | ||
WHZNOAGE | Weight for height - Age flag WHO | ||
melevel | Mother's education | ||
ethnicity | Ethnicity of household head | ||
Zone | Geopolitical Zones | ||
chweight | Children's sample weight | ||
chweightkano | Kano Children's sample weight | ||
chweightlagos | Lagos Children's sample weight | ||
wscoreu | Urban wealth score | ||
windex5u | Urban wealth index quintile | ||
wscorer | Rural wealth score | ||
windex5r | Rural wealth index quintile | ||
wscore | Combined wealth score | ||
windex5 | Wealth index quintile | ||
Total variable(s):
347 |