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Nigeria

Nigeria, 2021
Reference ID
NGA_2021_MICS6_v01_M
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
CREATED ON
Feb 25, 2026
LAST MODIFIED
Feb 25, 2026
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  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Get Microdata
  • Identification
  • Socio-economic Identifiers
  • Implementation
  • Sampling
  • Sample Implementation
  • Content
  • Result
  • Metadata production
  • Identification

    Survey ID

    NGA_2021_MICS6_v01_M

    Title

    Nigeria

    Country
    Name Country Code ISO
    Nigeria NGA
    Other country codes
    Country code (GEC) Country code (UN M49)
    NI 566
    Series

    MICS6

    Survey status

    Completed

    Series information

    National

    Time periods
    Start End
    2021-08-31 2021-11-30
    Kind of data

    GIS [GIS]

    Implementing agency
    Name
    NSO

    Socio-economic Identifiers

    Socio-economic Identifiers
    Label Identifier
    Country GDP in US$ (at starting year of survey) Not available
    Country income classification (at starting year of survey) Not available
    Population (at starting year of survey) Not available

    Implementation

    Frequency

    20

    Dates of data collection
    Start
    2021
    Mode of data collection

    CAPI

    Sampling

    Sample frame

    Sample frame name

    Census

    Sampling information
    Number of PSUs sampled Number of PSUs implemented Number of households sampled Number of households occupied Number of households interviewed
    2187 2079 41532 40077 39632
    Listing information
    Whether listing was performed
    Yes
    Geographical Domain
    Types of geographical domains for analysis Types of geographical domains for analysis (second)
    MICS domain admin 1
    Reference periods
    Event Date
    Date of frame used for sampling 2006

    Sample Implementation

    Sample Implementation
    Label Value
    All women or ever-married women sample No
    Oversampling for under-5s No
    Coverage of internally displaced people and/or refugees No
    Sampling fraction for men's questionnaires 50
    Households per cluster with WQT 0

    Content

    Questionnaires
    Questionnaire Value
    Household questionnaire Yes
    Women's questionnaire Yes, 15-49
    Under-5 questionnaire Yes, U5
    Men's questionnaire Yes, 15-49
    Children 5-17 questionnaire Yes, 5-17
    Questionnaire form for Vaccination Records at Health Facility
    Birth histories Yes
    Pregnancy histories No
    Children Anthropometry No
    Women Anthropometry
    Biomarker - Malaria
    Biomarker - HIV
    Biomarker - Anemia
    Biomarker - Other
    Water quality testing No
    Foundational learning skills Yes
    Number of Variables
    Label
    Wealth index calculated
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - household dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - household listing dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - TN dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - women's dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - BH dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - FG dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - maternal mortality dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - under-5's dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - 5-17's dataset
    Total number of (unrecoded) variables - 5-17's dataset

    Result

    Availability status

    Final report - Yes
    Publicly shared datasets - Yes
    Public GPS dataset release under conditions of use - Yes
    Availability of archive - Yes, unpublished

    Metadata production

    Document ID

    NGA_2021_MICS6_v01_M

    Prepared By
    Name Abbreviation Role
    Development Data Group UNICEF Documentation of the study
    Date of metadata production

    2026-02-25

    Metadata version

    Version

    Version 01

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