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Nigeria World Fertility Survey 1981-1982

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Nigeria Fertility Survey
Provider 
Demographic and Health Surveys Program (DHS)
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Geography 
Nigeria (NGA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
10/1981 - 08/1982
Series or system 
World Fertility Survey (WFS)
Data type
Survey:
  • Community
  • De facto
  • De jure
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

The purpose of this survey was to collect data on fertility, family planning, households demographics, and community environments to provide information for population policies. The data were collected with three questionnaires: household, individual, and community. The household and individual questionnaires canvassed 9,729 women from 8,624 households in rural and urban areas. The community questionnaire was only conducted in rural areas by interview with community leaders to gather information about availability of resources.

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Age at first sex, Agriculture, Assets, Birth certificates, Birth control pills, Breastfeeding, Child mortality, Complete birth history, Condoms, Contraceptives, Cooking fuels, Education, Education access, Electricity, Employment, Family composition, Family planning, Family size, Fertility, Health care access, Health care personnel, Health care use, Health facilities, Health literacy, Hospitals, Household air pollution, IUDs, Immunization, Infant mortality, Injectable contraceptives, Literacy, Live births, Marital status, Marriage age, Mass media, Maternal age, Maternal care, Menopause, Menstruation, Mortality, Occupations, Pharmacies, Place of delivery, Population, Postpartum amenorrhea, Pregnancy, Refrigeration, Religion, Reproductive health, Roads, Sanitation, Sexual abstinence, Sexual behavior, Sexual sterilization, Skilled birth attendants, Stillbirths, Summary birth history, Telephones, Traditional birth control, Training programs, Transportation, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 19, 2022