General Household Survey, 2009

Nigeria, 2010

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NGA_2009_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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Marital status (Maritst)

Data file: Part B Persons in the Household

Overview

Valid: 77896

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Start: 31

End: 31

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: character

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Literal question

Marital Status

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Married (monogamous)	21010	27%
2	Married (polygamous)	6532	8.4%
3	Informal loose union	179	0.2%
4	Divorced	215	0.3%
5	Separated	678	0.9%
6	Widowed	2053	2.6%
7	Never married	47229	60.6%

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

Universe

PART B1: PERSON(S) IN HOUSEHOLD (Including those absent at the time of interview)

Source of information

All household member

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