National Bureau of Statistics
General Household Survey [2008]
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Interviewer's name ____
Interviewer's code _ _ _
Supervisor's code _ _ _
Survey month: _ _
Survey year: _ _
HU MS number: _ _
HU listed: _ _ _ _
HU sampled: _ _
HH listed: _ _ _ _
HH sampled: _ _
1. State _ _
2. LGA _ _
3. RIC _ _ _ _
4. EA code _ _ _ _
5. Enumeration area name ____
6. Sector _
7. HU No _ _ _
8. Name of head of HH ____
9. Address ____
[] 2 Partly completed
[] 3 Not at home
[] 4 Refused
[] 5 Household not located
[] 6 Moved away
[] 7 Other (specify)
Questionnaire Ref. No:
HH No. within HU _ of _
Questionnaire within HH _ of _
12. Major source of water for drinking and cooking
[] 2 Pipe borne water untreated
[] 3 Bore hole/hand pump
[] 4 Well/spring protected
[] 5 Well/spring unprotected
[] 6 Rain water
[] 7 Streams/pond/river
[] 8 Tanker/truck/vendor
[] 9 Other ____
13. Distance to source of water
[] 2 Within 500m
[] 3 500m-1km
[] 4 1km or more
[] 2 Flat
[] 3 Duplex
[] 4 Whole building
[] 5 Other ____
15. Number of living rooms in housing unit _ _
[] 2 Free
[] 3 Nominal/subsidized rent
[] 4 Owner occupier
17. Monthly rent (in =N=) for housing unit: _ _ _ _ _ _
18. Material of dwelling floor:
[] 2 Planks/concrete
[] 3 Dirt/straw/without concrete
[] 4 Other ____
[] 2 Toilet on water
[] 3 Flush to sewage
[] 4 Flush to septic tank
[] 5 Pail/bucket
[] 6 Covered pit latrine
[] 7 Uncovered pit latrine
[] 8 V.I.P. latrine
[] 9 Other ____
20. Distance of toilet facility from the dwelling:
[] 2 Within 500m
[] 3 500m-1km
[] 4 1km or more
21. Type of refusal disposal most often used:
[] 2 HH bin collected private agency
[] 3 Government bin or shed
[] 4 Disposal within compound
[] 5 Unauthorized refuse heap
[] 6 Other ____
22. Type of fuel used for cooking
[] 2 Gas
[] 3 Kerosene
[] 4 Wood
[] 5 Coal
[] 2 Rural electrification only
[] 3 Private generator only
[] 4 PHCN (NEPA) / generator
[] 5 Rural electricity / generator
[] 6 Solar energy
[] 7 None
24. Information and communication technology (ICT)
[] 2 Access
[] 3 None
[] 2 Access
[] 3 None
[] 2 Access
[] 3 None
[] 2 Access
[] 3 None
[] 2 Access
[] 3 None
[] 2 Access
[] 3 None
Part B: Person(s) in household (including those absent at the time of interview)
1. List all members of household (including those absent at the time of interview) ____
[] 2 Spouse
[] 3 Own child
[] 4 Step child
[] 5 Grand child
[] 6 Brother/sister
[] 7 Niece/nephew
[] 8 Brother/sister-in-law
[] 9 Parent
[] 10 Parent-in-law
[] 11 Other relative
[] 12 Maid/nanny/house servant
[] 13 Non-relative
[] 2 Female
[] 2 Divorced
[] 3 Separated
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Never married
6. If married, what form of marriage?
[] 2 Customary
[] 3 Mutual agreement
7. Attendance at formal school
[] 2 Now in school
[] 3 Before but not now
[] 2 Primary
[] 3 JSS
[] 4 Vocational/Commercial
[] 5 SSS
[] 6 NCE/OND/Nursing
[] 7 B.A./B.Sc./B.ED/HND
[] 8 M.Sc./M.A/M.Adm.
[] 9 Doctorate
[] 10 Others (specify)
[] 2 Nursery 1
[] 3 Nursery 2
[] 5 Primary 2
[] 6 Primary 3
[] 7 Primary 4
[] 8 Primary 5
[] 9 Primary 6
[] 11 JSS 2
[] 12 JSS 3
[] 13 SSS 1
[] 14 SSS 2
[] 15 SSS 3
[] 17 BSC/HD
[] 18 P/Grad
[] 19 Others
[] 2 No
Part B: Persons(s) present in household continued? (For persons age 10 years and above)
[Applies to questions 11-63]
[] 1 Worked for pay
[] 2 Got job but did not work
[] 3 Worked for profit
[] 4 On attachment but didn't work
[] 5 Apprenticeship
[] 6 Kept home
[] 7 Went to school
[] 8 Did nothing
12. If person did nothing, what was the reason?
[] 1 Looked for job
[] 2 Sick
[] 3 Believed no job available
[] 4 Laid off 30 days or less
[] 5 Waiting to join work
[] 6 Retired
[] 7 Invalid
[] 8 Others
[] 1 Less than 1 month
[] 2 Between 1 and 2 months
[] 3 Between 2 and 3 months
[] 4 Between 3 and 4 months
[] 5 More than 4 months
[] 6 Never had a paid work
Go to Col. 27
14. Do you like to change job?
[] 2 No
If no to Col. 14 skip to Col. 16
[] 2 Job doesn't match skill
[] 3 Job environment not congenial
[] 4 Excessive hours of work
[] 5 Precarious job(s)
[] 6 Inadequate tools
[] 7 Equipment or training for assigned task
[] 8 Travel to work difficulties
[] 9 Inconvenient work schedules
[] 10 Recurring work stoppage
[] 11 Prolonged non wage payment
16. Primary or main occupation _ _
17. Industry of primary or main occupation _ _
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Own account worker
[] 4 Members of producer coop.
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 6 Others
19. Hours of work per week _ _
[] 2 Public company
[] 3 Parastatals
[] 4 Ministries
[] 5 Others
21. Contribute to National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)?
[] 2 No
23. Industry of secondary job _ _
24. Employment status in the secondary job
[] 2 Employee
[] 3 Own account worker
[] 4 Producer coop. member
[] 5 Unpaid family worker
[] 6 Others
25. Hours of work per week _ _
Check: if Col. 19 + Col. 25 is 40 hours or more, go to col. 27, else [continue]
If you are given extra hours will you do it?
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
27. Are you engaged in voluntary/social work?
[] 2 No
If no, skip to Col. 30
28. In which area of volunteering?
[] 1 Art and recreation
[] 2 Education/research
[] 3 Health
[] 4 Social services
[] 5 Environment
[] 6 Development and housing
[] 7 Civil advocacy
[] 8 Philanthropy
[] 9 Religion
[] 10 International
[] 11 Business/professional
[] 12 Other (specify)
29. Hours of work per week _ _
30. Income last month (in '000=N=) from all jobs and including all allowances _ _ _ _ _
Do you personally own any of the following?
[Applies to questions 31-36]
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
How many do you own of any of the following?
[Applies to questions 37-42]
If no in Col. 31-36, skip the corresponding Col. In 37-42
Do you have access to any of the following?
[Applies to questions 43-48]
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
What is your source of access to any of the following?
[Applies to questions 49-54]
If no in Col. 43-48, skip the corresponding Col. In 49-54
[] 2 Family member/friend/neighbor
[] 3 Umbrella centre
[] 4 Workplace
[] 5 Business centre
[] 6 Other
[] 2 Family member/friend/neighbor
[] 3 Umbrella centre
[] 4 Workplace
[] 5 Business centre
[] 6 Other
[] 2 Family member/friend/neighbor
[] 3 Umbrella centre
[] 4 Workplace
[] 5 Business centre
[] 6 Other
[] 2 Family member/friend/neighbor
[] 3 Umbrella centre
[] 4 Workplace
[] 5 Business centre
[] 6 Other
[] 2 Family member/friend/neighbor
[] 3 Umbrella centre
[] 4 Workplace
[] 5 Business centre
[] 6 Other
[] 2 Family member/friend/neighbor
[] 3 Umbrella centre
[] 4 Workplace
[] 5 Business centre
[] 6 Other
List in order of preference, three of your favorite TV stations
[Applies to questions 55-57]
[] 2 Channels
[] 3 Minaj
[] 4 NTA
[] 5 AIT
[] 6 MITV
[] 7 Silver Bird
[] 8 Galaxy
[] 9 State TV
[] 10 Foreign/Cable
[] 11 Others specify
[] 2 Channels
[] 3 Minaj
[] 4 NTA
[] 5 AIT
[] 6 MITV
[] 7 Silver Bird
[] 8 Galaxy
[] 9 State TV
[] 10 Foreign/Cable
[] 11 Others specify
[] 2 Channels
[] 3 Minaj
[] 4 NTA
[] 5 AIT
[] 6 MITV
[] 7 Silver Bird
[] 8 Galaxy
[] 9 State TV
[] 10 Foreign/Cable
[] 11 Others specify
58. Do you operate and ICT business outfit?
[] 2 No
If no to Col. 58, skip to Col. 64
59. Which of the following ICT business outfits do you operate?
[] 2 Business centre
60. What kind of service do you provide in the ICT business outfit?
[] 2 Computer services
[] 3 Cyber-cafe
[] 4 Other
61. How many persons work in the ICT business outfit?
_ _ Female
62. How many persons do you attend to in a day in the ICT business outfit? _ _ _
63. What is your daily income in the ICT business outfit? _ _ _ _ _ _
Housing project (For persons age 20 years and above)
[Applies to questions 64-67]
64. Did you start any new building in 20??
[] 2 No
If no to Col. 64, skip to part C
65. What is the type of building?
[] 2 Commercial
[] 3 Industrial
[] 4 Other
66. What is the state of completion of the building as at December 31, 20??
[] 2 Window level
[] 3 Lintel level
[] 4 Roofing level
[] 5 Completed totally
67. If col. 66=code 5 then, when was it completed?
[] 2 2nd quarter
[] 2 3rd quarter
[] 4 4th quarter
Part C: Usual resident absent (For persons not available in the household during the period of the survey)
[Applies to questions 0-8]
[] 2 Spouse
[] 3 Own child
[] 4 Step child
[] 5 Grand child
[] 6 Brother/sister
[] 7 Niece/nephew
[] 8 Brother/sister-in-law
[] 9 Parent
[] 10 Parent-in-law
[] 11 Other relative
[] 12 Maid/nanny/house servant
[] 13 Non-relative
[] 2 Female
[] 2 Divorced
[] 3 Separated
[] 4 Widowed
[] 5 Never married
5. Attendance at formal school
[] 2 Now in school
[] 3 Before but not now
6. Date last in HH _ _ / _ _ / _ _
7. Date expected back in HH _ _ / _ _ / _ _
[] 2 Visitation
[] 3 Hospitalisation
[] 4 Temporary transfer
[] 5 On holiday
[] 6 Other (specify)
Part D: Contraceptive prevalence (For both male and female)
For all persons aged 15 years and over
[Applies to questions 0-8]
0. List persons age 15 years and above ____
[] 2 Spouse
[] 3 Own child
[] 4 Step child
[] 5 Grand child
[] 6 Brother/sister
[] 7 Niece/nephew
[] 8 Brother/sister-in-law
[] 9 Parent
[] 10 Parent-in-law
[] 11 Other relative
[] 12 Maid/nanny/house servant
[] 13 Non-relative
[] 2 Female
[] 2 Primary
[] 3 Secondary
[] 4 Post Secondary
[] 5 Quranic
[] 6 None
6. If ever married, age at first marriage _ _
[] 2 No
If no and male, go to next person
If no and female, go to D9
[] 2 Condom
[] 3 Injection
[] 4 IUD
[] 5 Female sterilization
[] 6 Male sterilization
[] 7 Douche
[] 8 Norplant
[] 9 Foaming tab
[] 10 Diaphragm
[] 11 Foam jelly
[] 12 Traditional methods
[] 13 Abstinence
[] 14 Withdrawal
[] 15 Rhythm
[] 16 Others
If male, go to next person
If female, go to D9
Children ever born by women married or aged 15 years and over
[Applies to questions 9-16]
[] 2 No
If no, go to next person
10. Number of own children living in this HH
Female _
11. Number of own children living elsewhere
Female _
12. Number of own children that have died
Female _
[] 2 No
If no, go to next person
If pregnant?
[Applies to questions 14-16]
14. Are you registered with the clinic?
[] 2 No
If no, go to next person
15. How many times do you go to the clinic in a month? _ _
[] 2 No
Part E: Births in the last 12 months
[] 2 Female
5. Date of birth _ _ / _ _ / _ _
7. Delivered by trained attendant?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
8. What type of trained birth attendant?
[] 2 Trained nurse/midwife
[] 3 Auxiliary midwife
[] 4 Trained traditional midwife
[] 5 Traditional birth attendant
Part F: National programme on immunization (NPI) (For children 1 year or less)
[Applies to questions 0-16]
0. List of all children one year or less in this household ____
2. Age of child (in completed months) _ _
[] 2 Female
BCG: Bovis, camette, gverin
DPT: Diphterial, pertusis, and tetanus
OPV: Oral polio vaccine
MMR: Measles, mumps, and rubella
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
Part G: Child nutrition (Breastfeeding module) (For children less than 1 year old)
[Applies to questions 0-32]
0. List of all children less than one year old in this household
2. Age of child (in months) _ _
3. Has [the child] ever been breastfed?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
4. Did [the child] get first milk (Colostrum, yellow coloured breast milk)?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
Why did [the child] not get first milk?
[Applies to questions 5-12]
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
13. Since the time of birth, for how long (in months) was [the child] fed exclusively on breast milk (without water, herbal tea or any fluid except vitamin, medicine and ORS)? _ _
Why were you not able to exclusively breastfeed [the child] for 6 months?
[Applies to questions 14-20]
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
21. Is [the child] still being breastfed?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
Since this time yesterday, did [the child] receive any of the following?
[Applies to questions 22-29]
22. Vitamin, mineral supplements or medicine
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
24. Sweetened, flavoured water or fruit juice or tea or infusion
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
25. Oral rehydration solution (ORS)
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
26. Tinned powered or fresh milk or infant formula
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
27. Any other liquids (specify?)
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
28. Solid or semi-solid (mushy) food
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
30. If [the child] is no longer breastfed, at what age (in months) was breastfeeding stopped? _ _
31. Since this time yesterday, has [the child] been given anything to drink from a bottle with a nipple or teat?
[] 2 No
[] 3 Don't know
32. If [the child] is receiving complementary food, at what age (in months) was it introduced? _ _
Part H: Deaths in the last 12 months
1. Age (in completed years at the time of death) _ _
[] 2 Female
3. Date of death _ _ / _ _ / _ _
[] 2 Accident/injury
[] 3 Murder
[] 4 Suicide
[] 5 Died in sleep
[] 6 Others
Part I: Health (For all sick and/or injured persons in the household)
[Applies to questions 0-17]
2. Was [name] injured/sick in the last 7 days?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
What sort of sickness/injury did [name] suffer in the last 7 days?
[Applies to questions 3-11]
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
5. Pain in back, limbs or joints
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
[] 2 No
12. Did [name] miss work or school due to injury/sickness in the last 7 days?
[] 2 No
13. How many days of work or school did [name] miss due to illness/injury in the last 7 days?
[] 2 1-3 days
[] 3 4-7 days
14. Did [name] consult a health provider (traditional healer inclusive) for any reason in the last 7 days?
[] 2 No
15. How did [name] pay for most of the consultation?
[] 2 Self paid
[] 3 Employer
[] 4 Insurance
[] 5 Other relative
[] 6 Spouse
[] 7 Parents
[] 8 Other
16. Which main health provider did [name] see in the last 7 days?
[] 2 Public dispensary/hospital
[] 3 Community health center
[] 4 Private doctors/dentist
[] 5 Traditional healer
[] 6 Religious hospital/dispensary
[] 7 Pharmacist/chemist
[] 8 Other
17. How many times did [name] use the service in the last 7 days?
[] 2 4 to 6
[] 3 More than 6
For own account worker and employee of informal sector only
[Applies to questions 1-14]
1. Does the household own any enterprise?
[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No
_ _ Occupation code
4. Location of enterprise ____
Full time
6. Female _
8. Female _
Part time
10. Female _
12. Female _
[] 2 No
14. Income/profit enterprises last month _ _ _ _ _ _ _
How much did you spend in the last one month on the following items?
Food expenses include tomato, onion, salt, vegetable spices, etc.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Medical expenses
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. House expenses
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4. Remittances
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Cloth expenses
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6. Transport expenses
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 7. Food expenses
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8. Others
Number of visits _ _
Length of interview _ _ _
Date ____
Date ____
Date ____
Date ____