About 13.2 percent of households in Nigeria had, as of 2018, children being raised with neither their mother nor their father present. In addition, 7.3 percent of all households had children with one dead parent and an unknown survival status of the other parent.
Share of households with orphans and foster children under age 18 in Nigeria as of 2018
*Includes children with one dead parent and an unknown survival status of the other parent.
**Foster children are those under age 18 living in households with neither their mother nor their father present, and the mother and/or the father are alive.
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The DHS Program. (October 31, 2019). Share of households with orphans and foster children under age 18 in Nigeria as of 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124446/households-with-orphans-and-foster-children-in-nigeria/
The DHS Program. "Share of households with orphans and foster children under age 18 in Nigeria as of 2018." Chart. October 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124446/households-with-orphans-and-foster-children-in-nigeria/
The DHS Program. (2019). Share of households with orphans and foster children under age 18 in Nigeria as of 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124446/households-with-orphans-and-foster-children-in-nigeria/
The DHS Program. "Share of Households with Orphans and Foster Children under Age 18 in Nigeria as of 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124446/households-with-orphans-and-foster-children-in-nigeria/
The DHS Program, Share of households with orphans and foster children under age 18 in Nigeria as of 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124446/households-with-orphans-and-foster-children-in-nigeria/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Share of households with orphans and foster children under age 18 in Nigeria as of 2018 [Graph], The DHS Program, October 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124446/households-with-orphans-and-foster-children-in-nigeria/
