UNICEF Nigeria equity reports

Highlights

Child protection

• Registering children’s identities at birth
• Children's involvement in the work force
• Early marriage among girls and young women
• Trends in female genital mutilation/cutting among women and girls
• Domestic violence
• School attendance among orphans in Nigeria
• Children lacking adequate care and supervision
• Equity across key child protection indicators

Education:

• Literacy among young women
• Trends in early education attendance
• Primary school initiation among children at age 6
• Trends in primary education completion
• Trends in transition rate to secondary education
• Primary school attendance and out-of-school children
• Secondary school attendance among children aged 12-17 years
• Equity in Education in Nigeria
• School attendance summary

Health:

• Infant, under-five and maternal mortality rates
• Immunization coverage by type of vaccine
• Immunization against all of the main childhood diseases
• Prevention and treatment of malaria
• Equity in child health
• Coverage and content of care for pregnant women
• Trends in family planning among Nigerian women
• Live births to mothers under 18
• Birth attended by skilled health personnel
• Equity in reproductive health

HIV:

• Comprehensive knowledge of HIV prevention among young people
• HIV testing among sexually active young people
• HIV prevalence among adults
• Accepting attitudes towards people living with HIV
• Condom use among young women
• Equity in HIV in Nigeria

Nutrition:

• Malnutrition rates in children under 5 years
• Exclusive breastfeeding of children under 6 months old
• Vitamin A supplementation
• Equity in nutrition in Nigeria

WASH:

• Access to improved sanitation in Nigeria
• Access to improved sources of drinking water in Nigeria
• Use of hand washing places, soap and water
• Safe disposal of child faeces
• Equity in water and sanitation in Nigeria

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