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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: mn

Overview

Valid: 18466
Minimum: 1.0
Maximum: 96.0
Mean: 31.828495613560058
Standard deviation: 43.21923021108024
Type: Discrete
Width: 11
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Hausa 4690
25.4%
2 Igbo 2445
13.2%
3 Yoruba 2092
11.3%
4 Fulani 1522
8.2%
5 Kanuri 513
2.8%
6 Ijaw 380
2.1%
7 Tiv 416
2.3%
8 Ibibio 400
2.2%
9 Edo 252
1.4%
96 Other ethnicity 5756
31.2%
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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