This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Nigeria statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Nigerian statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Nigerian-specific metadata information.

Definition and concepts

Unpaid domestic and care work activities include the unpaid production of goods for own final consumption, these include: (a) Unpaid work that involves the production of goods for self-consumption (e.g. collecting water or firewood); (b) Unpaid work that involves the provision of services for self-consumption (e.g. cooking or cleaning as well as person-to-person care for other people); and (c) ‘Voluntary work’ which consists of service or activity undertaken without pay for the benefit of the community, the environment, and persons other than close relatives or those within the household.
Data source type and collection method

Surveys;MIXED MODE PHONE SURVEY/ GHS
Data providers

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Metadata last updated Apr 22, 2025

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 5.4.1: Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location
Target

Target 5.4: Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
Metadata update

2024-07-29
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

UN Statistics Division (UNSD) and UN WOMEN
Related indicators

Time-use information collected and analyzed around the world has shown that there is a very close link between economic poverty (SDG 1) and time poverty; most of health care is provided by households (SDG 3) and these activities are socially allocated to women in general; the provision of early childhood education services (SDG 4) not only prepares children for primary education but also frees up time for their caregivers; the sexual division of labour is a structural challenge of gender inequalities (SDG 5, 8 and 10); and the lack of services such as drinkable water, electricity or transport infrastructure increases unpaid work time and disproportionately affects women (SDG 6, 7, 9,11). Please see the section “Time-use data crucial for monitoring the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: going beyond SDG 5” of the Policy relevance: Making the case for time-use data collections in support of SDGs monitoring paper submitted to the SC of 2020[1].
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