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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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Source of information for FC ban: Local authorities (open-ended) (W_FCBANAUTH)

Data file: BEN2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1169
End: 1169
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
924B) How were you informed?

NATIONAL RADIO A
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION B
LOCAL AUTHORITIES C
COMMUNITY/LOCAL RADIO D
OTHER (SPECIFIC) ________ X
Categories
Value Category
0 Not mentioned
1 Mentioned
9 Missing
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
Women who were aware of the female circumcision ban were asked to report their source(s) of information in an open-ended question. FCBANAUTH captures whether they reported hearing about the ban through local authorities.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
FC information source Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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