Pooled Dataset on Entrepreneurial Characteristics of Undergraduates in Selected Nigerian Universities (2007-2024)

This is Version 3 of a dataset originally published on Mendeley Data in 2021 and subsequently described in Olofinyehun, Egbetokun and Adelowo (2022), Data in Brief, 40, 107718, doi.org. Version 3 extends the original four-wave pooled dataset with a fifth survey conducted in 2024. The Metadata/Codebook is updated to describe and compare the five survey waves. This pooled dataset presents data collected through four (5) independent cross-sectional surveys of undergraduates in six (6) selected Nigerian universities. The data were collected from a total of 16,332 undergraduates studying courses in social sciences, sciences and engineering disciplines. The surveys assessed entrepreneurship interest, background and experience of the respondents. Coming from surveys collected at intervals of between four and five years, the usefulness of the dataset is many folds. The dataset allows for an assessment of the impacts of the compulsory entrepreneurship training that was introduced in the Nigerian university system at about the time of the first survey. It can also be used to quantify the potential pool of future entrepreneurs among the highly educated Nigerian youth. The dataset presents a full entrepreneurship profile of a sample of educated young people in the largest and most populous nation in sub-Saharan Africa, which is useful for researchers, policymakers, donors and other development practitioners seeking to characterise and design appropriate interventions for youths in the developing world.