General Household Survey, 2006

Nigeria, 2007

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NGA_2006_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS

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National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

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Agricultural Surveys

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Relationship to head (Relthead)

Data file: Part B: Persons in the Household

Overview

Valid: 83700

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 16

End: 17

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

The Relationship of every member of the household to head of household?
1 head
2 spouse
3 own child
4 step child
5 Grand child
6 brother/sister
7 niece/nephew
8 brother/sister inlaw
9 parent
10 parent in law
11 other relative
12 maid/nanny/house servant
13 non-relative

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Head	18017	21.5%
2	Spouse	16662	19.9%
3	Own child	44562	53.2%
4	Step child	337	0.4%
5	Grand child	1946	2.3%
6	Brother/sister	801	1%
7	Niece/nephew	345	0.4%
8	Brother/sister inlaw	372	0.4%
9	Parent	297	0.4%
10	Parent in law	40	0%
11	Other relative	187	0.2%
12	Maid/nanny/house servant	81	0.1%
13	Non-relative	53	0.1%

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.

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The relationship to head.
1 head
2 spouse
3 own child
4 step child
5 Grand child
6 brother/sister
7 niece/nephew
8 brother/sister inlaw
9 parent
10 parent in law
11 other relative
12 maid/nanny/house servant
13 non-relative

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