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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: bh

Overview

Valid: 105018
Minimum: 1.0
Maximum: 96.0
Mean: 29.020415547810853
Standard deviation: 42.06249352048922
Type: Discrete
Width: 11
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hausa 32488
30.9%
2 Igbo 11633
11.1%
3 Yoruba 9649
9.2%
4 Fulani 10658
10.1%
5 Kanuri 3016
2.9%
6 Ijaw 2572
2.4%
7 Tiv 2234
2.1%
8 Ibibio 1758
1.7%
9 Edo 1343
1.3%
96 Other ethnicity 29667
28.2%
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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