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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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Benefits to girl of FC: Preserves virginity (open-ended) (M_FCPROVIRGMN)

Data file: BEN2006-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 734
End: 734
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

BETTER HYGIENE A
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE B
BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS C
PRESERVE VIRGINITY/PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX D
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR HUSBAND E
RELIGIOUS REQUIREMENT 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
FCPROVIRGMN (MG117D) indicates whether the man mentioned preservation of virginity (by preventing premarital sex) when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision.

concept

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