DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF UNDER-5 BIRTH REGISTRATION IN NIGERIA

In many developing countries, vital statistics are non-existent, in those where they exist, the data are inadequate and defective that can not be relied upon as a true measure of vital events (births, deaths, marriages, etc.). It is expected that all under-5 children births covered in 2008 Nigeria NDHS ought to have been registered; but bared 30% of them was registered.
The study will employ secondary data. Secondary data for the study will be extracted from the 2008 Nigeria Demographic and Health survey (NDHS). Data on women aged 15-49 years that have had at least a child within the last five years will be extracted for 33,385 women sampled from the NDHS (2008). Data will be analyzed using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics.
It is expected that there will be relationship between mothers’ demographic characteristics and under-5 birth registration.
The findings from the study are expected to give more insight to the influence of the mothers’ demographic characteristics (parity, proportion of dead children, birth interval and marital status) on under-5 birth registration.. It will also help in building a policy frame work to improve quality and quantity of vital registration, especially birth registration