Dataset of youth and middle-aged unemployment in households in Kwara State, Nigeria.

This article shares the findings from survey conducted between November 2021 and April 2022 across the three senatorial districts of Kwara state, Nigeria. The survey was carried out across 1120 households with information on the head of households, individuals in the households, household demographic characteristics, education, work experience, household youth and middle-aged employment status. The survey included both open-ended and close-ended questions, and the resulting data in excel format. The coding explanation/ interpretation is also depicted in a table. This data is valuable for research on employment, empowerment, community development and studies on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, precisely goal eight (UNSDG8).