An exploratory demographic study of the Nupe of Niger State : the case of Sakpe village
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1978
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Katcha, Abubakar
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This pioneer survey, conducted in Sakpe Village in April 1977,
obtained data on the basic demographic characteristics of a selected
typical Nupe Village. Sakpe village is situated in a remote forest
area of Niger State in the North of Nigeria and is predominantly a
traditional Moslem, farming community. The village lacks basic
socio-economic amenities like pipe-borne water and preventive health
services.
Prior to this study, little was known about the demographic
characteristics of the Nupe people. The only available demographic
information was based largely on the Nigerian population censuses and
there is no sound basis for estimating demographic parameters from the
results of these censuses which have often been defective and
unreliable. Thus, the Sakpe study is an attempt to fill the gap in
the existing knowledge on the demography of the Nupe people. In this
respect, the study has succeeded in deriving various demographic
measures such as the Crude Birth Rate, Age-Specific Fertility Rates
and Mortality Rates. Related demographic factors such as marriage and
breast-feeding practices were examined and basic household data were
also collected.
Despite the many original contributions of the study, the small
number of cases preclude further detailed analysis.
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