Nigeria

Demographic Data

  • Total Population: 173,620,000
  • Population under 15: 46%
  • Life Expectancy at Birth: 52.5 years
  • Human Development Index: 152 out of 187
  • World Bank Status: Lower Middle Income
  • HIV/AIDS Prevalence (age 15-49): 3.2%
  • Mean Household Composition: 4.6 persons
  • Female-Headed Households: 19%
  • Early Marriage (% of children married by 18 years): 49%

Sources: World Bank, UNDP, UNAIDS, DHS 2013

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Valentina Guerra, David Brindle - The European Social Network,

This report aims to address some common and key themes emerging from a questionnaire and in-person meeting to discuss the role of the social service workforce in the inclusion of migrant children and young people.

The Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts,

This document from the Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts lays out recommended actionable commitments for the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.

Save the Children,

This report from Save the Children identifies concerning trends for the safety and wellbeing of children living in areas impacted by conflict, through analysis of the United Nations Annual Reports of the Secretary General on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) and new research by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).

Katharine Hall and Dorrit Posel - The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research,

In this mixed methods study, the authors use nationally representative panel data to investigate migration patterns when viewed from the perspective of children. 

Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal,

The aim of this special issue of the International Journal of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies is to examine the outcomes of children who were raised for part of their childhood in out-of-home care, including in foster care and institutions. 

Janna Verbruggen, Victor van der Geest, Catrien Bijleveld - Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal,

This study examines adult outcomes of youths (N=251) who spent time in a Dutch judicial treatment institution.

An Nuytiens, Ilse Luyten, Jenneke Christiaens, Els Dumortier - International Journal of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies,

This paper discusses the results of a qualitative study on adult care leavers in Flanders (Belgium).

Claire Louise Cameron - International Journal of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies,

This paper examines the post-compulsory educational pathways of young people who have spent some or all of their childhoods in local authority.

Margit Averdijk, Denis Ribeaud, Manuel Eisner - Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal,

The aim of this study was to examine the outcomes of out-of-home placement in adolescence.

Nathanael J Okpych, Huiling Feng, Keunhye Park, Adrianna Torres-García, Mark Courtney - Longitudinal and Life Course Studies: International Journal,

This paper examines how types and sources of social support vary by youths’ foster care placement and foster care status at age 19.