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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Sex (members under age 5) (H_SEXHHLT5)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 534
End: 534
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(4) SEX: Is (NAME) male or female?

MALE 1
FEMALE 2
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
SEXHHLT5 (HC27) reports the sex of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement. The information in this variable is copied from SEX (HV104), which reports sex for all household members.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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