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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Ever heard of female circumcision (B_FCKNOW)

Data file: BEN2006-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1119
End: 1120
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
901) Have you ever heard of female circumcision?

YES 1 (GO TO 903)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
98 Missing
10 Yes
99 NIU (not in universe)
97 Don't know
00 No
11 Yes, spontaneous
12 Yes, prompted
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
FCKNOW (G100) indicates whether the woman had ever heard about female circumcision. Question wording and coding varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female circumcision general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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