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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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Ethnicity of household head (ethnicity)

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 39632
Minimum: 1.0
Maximum: 96.0
Mean: 29.947719014937423
Standard deviation: 42.23363875014975
Type: Discrete
Width: 11
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hausa 7517
19%
2 Igbo 6040
15.2%
3 Yoruba 7284
18.4%
4 Fulani 2667
6.7%
5 Kanuri 866
2.2%
6 Ijaw 1127
2.8%
7 Tiv 955
2.4%
8 Ibibio 959
2.4%
9 Edo 730
1.8%
96 Other ethnicity 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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