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General Household Survey, 2008

Nigeria, 2009
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Reference ID
NGA_2008_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Producer(s)
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
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Agriculture Census and Surveys
Metadata
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
  • Get Microdata
  • Identification
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Data Processing
  • Data Appraisal
  • Access policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
NGA_2008_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
Title
General Household Survey, 2008
Country
Name Country code
Nigeria NGA
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Series Information
This General Household Survey (GHS) is the 5th in the series of Collaborative effort of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Communications Commission previously conducted in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 2008 being the current one. However the GHS is a regular survey of the National Bureau of Statistics conducted on quarterly basis before the collaboration was initiated
Abstract
The General Household Survey is a brainchild of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and is often referred to as a regular survey carried out on quarterly basis by the NBS over the years. In recent times, starting from 2004 to be precise, there is a collaborative effort between the NBS and the CBN in 2004 and 2005 and in 2006, 2007and 2008, the collaboration incorporated Nigerian Communications commission (NCC).

The main reason for conducting the survey was to enable the collaborating agencies fulfil their mandate in the production of current and credible statistics, to monitor and evaluate the status of the economy and the various government programmes such as the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The collaborative survey also assured the elimination of conflicts in data generated by the different agencies and ensured a reliable, authentic national statistics for the country.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Household

Scope

Notes
Part A: Identification code, Response status, Housing characteristics/amenities and Information communication Technology (ICT).
Part B: Socio-demographic characteristics and Labour force characteristics
Part C: Information about the people in the household who were absent during the period of the survey.
Part D: Female contraceptive only, and children ever born by mothers aged 15 years and above
Part E: Births of children in the last 12 months, and trained birth attendant used during child delivery.
Par F: Immunization of children aged 1 year or less and records of their vaccination
Part G: Child nutrition, exclusive breast feeding and length of breast feeding.
Part H: Deaths in the last 12 months, and causes of such deaths.
Part I: Health of all members, of the household and health care providers.
Part J: Household enterprises, income and profit made from such activities.
Part K: Household expenditure, such as school fees, medical expenses, housing expenses, remittance, cloth expenses, transport expenses and food expenses.
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
economic conditions and indicators [1.2] CESSDA Link
economic policy [1.3] CESSDA Link
income, property and investment/saving [1.5] CESSDA Link
rural economics [1.6] CESSDA Link
agricultural, forestry and rural industry [2.1] CESSDA Link
business/industrial management and organisation [2.2] CESSDA Link
employment [3.1] CESSDA Link
labour relations/conflict [3.3] CESSDA Link
retirement [3.4] CESSDA Link
unemployment [3.5] CESSDA Link
working conditions [3.6] CESSDA Link
basic skills education [6.1] CESSDA Link
compulsory and pre-school education [6.2] CESSDA Link
vocational education [6.7] CESSDA Link
childbearing, family planning and abortion [8.2] CESSDA Link
general health [8.4] CESSDA Link
natural resources and energy [9.3] CESSDA Link
housing [10.1] CESSDA Link
children [12.1] CESSDA Link
family life and marriage [12.5] CESSDA Link
gender and gender roles [12.6] CESSDA Link
social and occupational mobility [12.8] CESSDA Link
community, urban and rural life [13.1] CESSDA Link
specific social services: use and provision [15.3] CESSDA Link
information technology [16.2] CESSDA Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
National Coverage
Universe
Household

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name Affiliation
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
Central Bank of Nigeria FGN Collaboration
Nigerian Communication Commission FGN Collaboration
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name Abbreviation Role
National Bureau of Statistics NBS Funding
Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Funding
Other Identifications/Acknowledgments
Name Affiliation Role
Nigerian Commnications Commision NCC Collaborating

Sampling

Response Rate
At National basis, 99.3 percent response rate was acheived at EA level .

While 82.7 percent was acheived at the housing units level.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End Cycle
2009-03-31 2009-04-19 20 days

Data Processing

Other Processing
The data processing analysis involved Six main stages:
Development of data scanning screen.
Training of data processing staff.
Manual editing and coding.
Data entry and scanning into a data base in SPSS.
Computer editing.
Verification and conversion

The table were then generated using SPSS.

Data Appraisal

Estimates of Sampling Error
No sampling error estimate
Data Appraisal
Quality control measures were carried out during the survey, essentially to ensure quality of data. There were three levels of supervision involving the supervisors at the first level, CBN staff, NBS State Officers and Zonal Controllers at second level and finally the NBS/NCC Headquarters staff constituting the third level supervision.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
Dr V.O. Akinyosoye Statistician General [email protected] Link
DR G.O. Adewoye Director Real Sector and Household Statistics Department [email protected] Link
Mr E.O. Ekezie Head of Information and Comnucation Technology Department [email protected] Link
Mr E .I. Fafunmi Data Curator [email protected] Link
Mr R.F. Busari Head (Systems Programming) [email protected] Link
Mrs A. A. Akinsanya Data Archivist [email protected] Link
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Fedral Government of Nigeria (FGN) [email protected] Link
Confidentiality
The confidentiality of the individual respondent is protected by law (Statistical Act 2007). This is published in the Official Gazette of the Federal republic of Nigeria No. 60 vol. 94 of 11th June 2007. See section 26 para.2. Punitive measures for breeches of confidentiality are outlined in section 28 of the same Act.
Access conditions
A comprehensive data access policy is been developed by NBS, however section 27 of the Statistical Act 2007 outlines the data access obligation of data producers which includes the realease of properly anonymized micro data.
Citation requirements
National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria, General Household Survey (NGA) 2006-v.1.0
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) [email protected] Link

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.
Copyright
© NBS 2010

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_NGA_2008_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
Producers
Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
Office of Chief Statistician OCS Food and Agricultural Organization Metadata adapted for FAM
National Bureau of Statistics NBS Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Metadata Producer
DDI Document version
NGA_2008_GHS_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01
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