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Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey 2010

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General Info
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Nigeria (NGA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
10/2010 - 12/2010
Series or system 
DHS Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS)
DHS Program Surveys
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The Nigeria Malaria Indicator Survey was conducted as part of round 6 of the DHS. The MIS is a household survey designed to collect national and regional data on malaria control and prevention efforts, treatment, and prevalence in children five and under with fever.

In addition to the household and women's questionnaires, blood tests were administered to test for malaria parasitemia and anemia in children under five.

The sample size was 5,895 households and 6,344 women ages 15-49.

Keywords 
Anemia, Antenatal care, Antimalarials, Assets, Blood tests, Child anthropometry, Child mortality, Community health workers, Complete birth history, Cooking fuels, Education, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Fever, Health care use, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Height, Hemoglobin, Hospitals, Household air pollution, Household water treatment, Housing conditions, Housing materials, Indoor residual spraying, Insecticide-treated bednets, Languages, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, Malaria, Mass media, Mortality, Multiple births, Personal health expenditures, Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Physicians, Pregnancy, Private health facilities, Private social assistance, Public health facilities, Public social assistance, Religion, Sanitation, Self-treatment, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Telephones, Traditional healers, Transportation, Vector control, Water supply, Weight
GHDx Entry last modified on: Sep 6, 2023