NavGeneral InfoEmail Print Provider Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)Microdata access: Request Geography Nigeria (NGA) Coverage type Country Time period covered 12/2023 - 05/2024 Series or system DHS Standard Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) DHS Program Surveys Data type Survey: Cross-sectionalGPS coordinates (GIS)HouseholdIndividualInterviewNationally representativeSubnationally representativeUrban-rural representative Summary The 2023-2024 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS was conducted at part of Phase 6 of the DHS survey series. Interviews were completed with 39,050 women age 15-49 and 12,204 men age 15-59 from 13,403 Households. Topics covered in the DHS frequently include fertility trends, family planning, maternal and child health, childhood mortality, nutrition and child feeding practices, adult and maternal mortality, female genital cutting, HIV/AIDS-related knowledge and behavior, and other health issues. Keywords Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Alcohol use, Anogenital herpes, Antenatal care, Antihelminthics, Antimalarials, Antimotility drugs, Ascariasis, Assets, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Birth weight, Body mass index, Breastfeeding, Breathing difficulty, Caesarean section, Child anthropometry, Child health care, Child mortality, Circumcision, Community health clinics, Complete birth history, Complete sibling history, Condoms, Contraceptive implants, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Cough, DTP vaccines, Death certificates, Diaphragms, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Dietary protein, Domestic violence, Drug consumption, Education, Electricity, Employment, Ethnicity, FFQ, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Female circumcision, Female infertility, Fertility, Fever, Fruits and vegetables, Health care access, Health care use, Health insurance, Health literacy, Health status, Height, Hepatitis B vaccines, Home care, Hookworm disease, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household deaths, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Hygiene, IUDs, Immunization, Indoor residual spraying, Infant care, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Injections, Insecticide-treated bednets, Intimate partner violence, Iron supplements, Land ownership, Length of stay, Literacy, Live births, Livestock, Lower respiratory infections, MMR vaccines, Malaria, Malnutrition, Marital status, Mass media, Maternal care, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Medicines, Menopause, Menstruation, Micronutrients, Multiple births, Occupation codes, Occupations, Oral rehydration therapy, PMTCT, Pain, Parental survival, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Postnatal care, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Preventive interventions, Private health facilities, Public health facilities, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive and sexual risk factors, STDs, Sanitation, School enrollment, Secondhand smoke, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Sexual violence, Siblings, Skilled birth attendants, Smokeless tobacco use, Spermicides, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Traditional birth control, Traditional medicine, Transportation, Trichuriasis, Upper respiratory infections, Vaccination cards, Vitamin A supplements, Waste disposal, Water supply, Weight, Yellow fever vaccines, Zinc Citation Contributors National Population Commission of Nigeria ICF International Funders United States Agency for International Development (USAID) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Global Fund to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) Publisher ICF International Suggested citation ICF International, National Population Commission of Nigeria. Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2023-2024. Fairfax, United States of America: ICF International. GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 19, 2025