Nigeria - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey MICS3 (2007), Nigeria, Third round

Reference ID

NGA-NBS-MICS3 2007-v1.2

Year

2007

Country

Nigeria

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics [nbs] - Federal Government of Nigeria

Sponsor(s)

Fedral Government of Nigeria - FG - Funding
United Nation Children Educational Fund - UNICEF - Funding
National Bureau of Statistics - NBS - Funding

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Age of child (Uf11)
File: MICS3 Under 5 Children data

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0

Valid cases: 16549
Invalid: 544
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 4
Mean: 2
Standard deviation: 1.4

Universe

Record age in completed YEARS

Questions and instructions

Literal question

UF11. How old was (name) at his/her last birthday?

Age in completed years __ __

Post question

Record 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,