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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 circumcised (W_FCCIRC)

Data file: BEN2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1120
End: 1120
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
903) Have you yourself ever had your outer genitals cut?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 909)
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
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
FCCIRC (G102) indicates whether the woman had been circumcised. Question wording varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

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