Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Mother's highest educational level (members under age 5) (H_HWCMOMEDUCLVL)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 552

End: 553

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

109. What is the highest level of school you attended: primary, secondary, or higher?

PRIMARY 1
SECONDARY 2
HIGHER 3

Categories

Value	Category
00	No education
10	Primary
11	Reformed primary
12	Post-primary
20	Secondary
21	Secondary 1st cycle
22	Secondary 2nd cycle
30	Higher
31	College
32	University
40	Other
41	Technical/vocational
42	Professional 1st cycle
43	Professional 2nd cycle
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	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

For household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCMOMEDUCLVL (HC61) reports the highest level of school their mothers attended, as reported in the woman's questionnaire.

The related variable HWCMOMEDUCLVLCS (HC68) reports the highest level of school their mothers attended, as included in the final report.

concept

Concept

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

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