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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: wm

Overview

Valid: 40326
Minimum: 1.0
Maximum: 96.0
Mean: 31.60363041214105
Standard deviation: 43.11310588478923
Type: Discrete
Width: 11
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hausa 10102
25.1%
2 Igbo 5443
13.5%
3 Yoruba 4768
11.8%
4 Fulani 3235
8%
5 Kanuri 998
2.5%
6 Ijaw 918
2.3%
7 Tiv 916
2.3%
8 Ibibio 837
2.1%
9 Edo 642
1.6%
96 Other ethnicity 12467
30.9%
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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