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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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Genital area sewn closed during daughter's circumcision (B_FCSEWNDAU)

Data file: BEN2006-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1144
End: 1144
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
914) Was her genital area closed?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
FCSEWNDAU (G112) indicates whether the woman's daughter had her genital area sewn closed for her female circumcision.

The related variable FCINFIB (G105) indicates whether the woman respondent's own vaginal area was sewn closed for her female circumcision.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Daughter's circumcision Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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