Gender in niGeria report 2012 - Economic Commission for Africa
Gender in niGeria report 2012 - Economic Commission for Africa
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82 <strong>Gender</strong> <strong>in</strong> Nigeria Report <strong>2012</strong>: Improv<strong>in</strong>g the Lives of Girls and Women <strong>in</strong> Nigeria<br />
Table 2. Health and nutrition statistics<br />
Country<br />
Name<br />
Series Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Mean<br />
Nigeria Mortality rate, female child<br />
.. 57 93 .. .. 75<br />
(per 1,000 female children age one)<br />
Nigeria Mortality rate, male child<br />
.. 57 91 .. .. 74<br />
(per 1,000 male children age one)<br />
Nigeria Life expectancy at birth, female<br />
50 51 51 52 .. 51<br />
(years)<br />
Nigeria Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 49 49 50 50 .. 49.5<br />
Nigeria Contraceptive prevalence<br />
.. 15 15 .. .. 15<br />
(% of women ages 15-49)<br />
Nigeria Prevalence of overweight, female .. 13 11 .. .. 12<br />
(% of children under 5)<br />
Nigeria Prevalence of overweight, male<br />
.. 14 10 .. .. 12<br />
(% of children under 5)<br />
Nigeria Prevalence of wast<strong>in</strong>g, female<br />
.. 13 14 .. .. 13.5<br />
(% of children under 5)<br />
Nigeria Prevalence of wast<strong>in</strong>g, male<br />
.. 14 15 .. .. 14.5<br />
(% of children under 5)<br />
Nigeria Malnutrition prevalence, height <strong>for</strong> .. 41 39 .. .. 40<br />
age, female (% of children under 5)<br />
Nigeria Malnutrition prevalence, height <strong>for</strong> .. 44 43 .. .. 43.5<br />
age, male (% of children under 5)<br />
Nigeria Malnutrition prevalence, weight <strong>for</strong> .. 24 25 .. .. 24.5<br />
age, female (% of children under 5)<br />
Nigeria Malnutrition prevalence, weight <strong>for</strong><br />
age, male (% of children under 5)<br />
.. 27 29 .. .. 28<br />
Table 3. <strong>Gender</strong> and economic statistics<br />
Country<br />
Name<br />
Nigeria<br />
Nigeria<br />
Series Name 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Mean<br />
Labor <strong>for</strong>ce participation rate,<br />
female (% of female population ages<br />
15-64)<br />
Labor <strong>for</strong>ce participation rate, male<br />
(% of male population ages 15-64)<br />
39 39 40 40 .. 39.5<br />
75 75 75 75 .. 75<br />
Nigeria Labor <strong>for</strong>ce, female 15,802,162 16,235,850 16,681,338 17,229,121 .. 16,487,118<br />
Nigeria Labor <strong>for</strong>ce, female<br />
34 34 35 35 .. 34.5<br />
(% of total labor <strong>for</strong>ce)<br />
Nigeria Labor <strong>for</strong>ce, total 45,904,138 47,061,942 48,334,148 49,646,411 .. 47,736,660<br />
Nigeria Wage equality between women and .. 1 .. .. .. 1<br />
men <strong>for</strong> similar work (ratio)<br />
Nigeria Proportion of seats held by women <strong>in</strong><br />
national parliaments (%)<br />
6 7 7 7 7 6.8
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