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General Household Survey 2008

Nigeria, 2008 - 2009
Reference ID
NGA_2008_GHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
National Bureau of Statistics
Metadata
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Jul 07, 2015
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Depositor information
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    NGA_2008_GHS_v01_M
    Title

    General Household Survey 2008
    Country
    Name Country code
    Nigeria NGA
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
    Abstract

    The General Household Survey 2008 (GHS) was carried out as the core module of the National Integrated Survey of Households (NISH) program. It was implemented annually to provide time-series data on the socio-demographic and economic conditions of Nigeria. The NISH design was constructed to provide estimates at the national, regional and state levels thereby enhancing comparability across states and regions. The GHS records are usually collected on quarterly basis, namely, April- June (1st Quarter), July- September (2nd Quarter), October-December (3rd Quarter) and January- March (4th Quarter). In each quarter, 60 EAs are covered per state, including FCT (Abuja). In each EA, 10 Housing Units (HUs) are canvassed, while in each HU, all households are covered. The National Bureau of Statistics had the major responsibility of conducting the survey. The objectives of GHS were:

    1. To provide baseline data for other NISH surveys such as labor force, occupational injury, Nigerian Living Standards Survey etc.
    2. To provide information needed by the government to actually determine the effectiveness of its policies and interventions.
    3. To monitor changes in household welfare over time.
    4. To assist the government with information for improved and effective policy making.
    5. To monitor a score of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators and subsequently help in the achievement of MDG.
    6. To provide a data base for social research.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis
    • Household
    • Individual

    Version

    Version Description

    v01
    Version Date

    2010-02-14

    Scope

    Notes

    The 2008 General Household Survey covered the following topics:

    • Household demographic characteristics
    • Usual resident absent
    • Socio-demographic characteristics
    • Housing
    • Household expenditure
    • Household enterprises
    • Contraceptive prevalence (for both male and female)
    • Births in the last 12 months
    • Deaths in the last 12 months
    • Immunization programs
    • Health
    • Child nutrition/breastfeeding
    • Employment
    • Information technology/communication
    • Income and expenditure

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    National

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    National Bureau of Statistics Federal Government of Nigeria
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Central Bank of Nigeria Federal Government of Nigeria Collaboration
    Nigerian Communication Commission Federal Government of Nigeria Collaboration
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    National Bureau of Statistics
    Central Bank of Nigeria

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The General Household Survey (GHS) was implemented under the National Integrated Survey of Households (NISH) sample design. The sample design employed a single phase sampling in which the primary sampling units (PSUs) were selected directly from the entire population. In other words, the sample design was a 1-phase, 2-stage, replicated and rotatable design in which the EAs served as the PSUs and Housing Units (HUs) as the secondary units.

    A total of 600 EA's and 22,200 HU's were covered per state and at the national level respectively. In each year, subsets of the master sample are studied, depending on the objectives of the surveys and the sample size desired.
    For NISH surveys, the listings of all housing units in the selected EAs are usually carried out to provide a frame for the second stage selections. For most NBS regular surveys, excluding the National Agricultural Sample Survey (NASS), 10 housing units are systematically selected per EA.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2008-02-04 2009-03-02
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    National Bureau of Statistics Federal Government of Nigeria

    Depositor information

    Depositor
    Name Affiliation
    Africa Region GP- Poverty

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    The use of this dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:

    • the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
    • the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
    • the survey reference number
    • the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online)

    Example:

    National Bureau of Statistics. General Household Survey (GHS) 2008, Ref. NGA_2008_GHS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    National Bureau of Statistics Federal Government of Nigeria feedback@nigerianstat.gov.ng http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_NGA_2008_GHS_v01_M_WB
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Development Data Group The World Bank Documentation of the DDI
    Date of Metadata Production

    2015-04-16

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 02 (April 2015)

    • Metadata fields added
    • External resources added
    • Datasets added

    Version 01 (February 2010)
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