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Table 1 Description of the 2003, 2008 and 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys

From: The role of place of residency in childhood immunisation coverage in Nigeria: analysis of data from three DHS rounds 2003–2013

 

Demographic and Health Surveys

2003

2008

2013

Pooled

Number of clusters (communities)

365

888

904

2157

Number of households

 Selected

7.864

36,298

40,320

84,482

 Occupied

7327

34,644

38,904

80,875

 Interviews conducted

7225

34,070

38,522

79,817

Response rate (%)

98.6

98.3

99.0

98.7

Total number of children aged 12–23 months (% of total)

 Rural

687 (68.8)

3447 (69.7)

3787 (64.2)

7920 (66.9)

 Formal urban

104 (10.4)

781 (15.8)

1203 (20.4)

2087 (17.6)

 Slum

208 (20.8)

718 (14.5)

911 (15.4)

1836 (15.5)

 Total

999 (100)

4945 (100)

5900 (100)

11,844 (100)

Fully Immunised Child coverage (%)

 Rural

7.4

16.2

15.8

15.2

 Formal urban

25.6

42.7

45.5

43.5

 Slum

24.9

31.9

38.5

34.4

 Total

12.9

22.7

25.3

23.2