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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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Ethnic group of household head (HC2)

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 39632
Minimum: 11.0
Maximum: 96.0
Mean: 37.049303593056116
Standard deviation: 37.70093556563634
Type: Discrete
Width: 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
11 HAUSA 7517
19%
12 IGBO 6040
15.2%
13 YORUBA 7284
18.4%
14 FULANI 2667
6.7%
15 KANURI 866
2.2%
16 IJAW 1127
2.8%
17 TIV 955
2.4%
18 IBIBIO 959
2.4%
19 EDO 730
1.8%
96 OTHER LANGUAGE 11487
29%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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