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Nigeria Report on Children, Adolescents and Youth

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General Info
Provider 
National Population Commission of Nigeria
Geography 
Nigeria (NGA)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1991 - 12/1999
Data type
Report:
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

Most of the information gathered for this report was collected from the 1991 Nigerian Population Census, the post census enumeration survey, and the 1999 Nigerian DHS. The age coverage of children, adolescents, and youth covers birth through 18 years of age and young adulthood (18-24 years old). Age ranges fluctuate by chapter with further breakdowns by school grade age range and within adolescence. The report covers basic population data including relationship of respondents to head of household; literacy and educational attainment, marital status, fertility, literacy regarding reproductive health, contraception, stds including HIV, abortion, and the practice of female circumcision. Other chapters contain data on mortality, employment, and disability status. 

Keywords 
Abortion, Abortive outcome, Adolescents, Adult mortality, Age at first sex, Antenatal care, BCG vaccines, Birth weight, Caesarean section, Child labor, Child mortality, Children, Contraceptives, Cough, DTP vaccines, Disability, Education, Employment, Family composition, Female circumcision, Fertility, Fever, HIV and AIDS, Health care use, Health literacy, Hearing loss, Homelessness, Idiopathic intellectual disability, Illicit drug use, Immunization, Infant mortality, Lifestyle risk factors, Literacy, Live births, Living conditions, Marital status, Marriage age, Maternal age, Measles vaccines, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Population, Poverty, Sexual behavior, Skilled birth attendants, Summary birth history, Vaccination cards, Vision loss, Young adults
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 27, 2021