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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: fg

Overview

Valid: 24836
Minimum: 1.0
Maximum: 96.0
Mean: 26.419995168304073
Standard deviation: 40.440747744467416
Type: Discrete
Width: 11
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hausa 5002
20.1%
2 Igbo 4670
18.8%
3 Yoruba 3981
16%
4 Fulani 1594
6.4%
5 Kanuri 808
3.3%
6 Ijaw 964
3.9%
7 Tiv 435
1.8%
8 Ibibio 595
2.4%
9 Edo 525
2.1%
96 Other ethnicity 6262
25.2%
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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