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Demographic and Health Survey 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2001
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BEN_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique [Benin] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Benefits to girl of FC: Other (open-ended) (W_FCPROOTH)

Data file: BEN2001-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 988
End: 988
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
919) What benefits do girls themselves get if they undergo this genital cutting?
PROBE: Any other benefits?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED

CLEANLINESS/HYGIENE A
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE B
BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS C
PRESERVE VIRGINITY/ PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX D
MORE PLEASURE FOR THE MAN E
RELIGIOUS NECESSITY F
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
NO BENEFITS Y
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
FCPROOTH (G117X) indicates whether the woman gave some other response when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific benefits to the girl included in a given sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about FC Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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