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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: fs

Overview

Valid: 22706
Minimum: 1.0
Maximum: 96.0
Mean: 30.571699110367305
Standard deviation: 42.610258947036556
Type: Discrete
Width: 11
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hausa 5296
23.3%
2 Igbo 3254
14.3%
3 Yoruba 2996
13.2%
4 Fulani 1874
8.3%
5 Kanuri 514
2.3%
6 Ijaw 548
2.4%
7 Tiv 533
2.3%
8 Ibibio 533
2.3%
9 Edo 404
1.8%
96 Other ethnicity 6754
29.7%
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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