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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 avoiding FC: Avoid sterility (open-ended) (W_FCNOSTERIL)

Data file: BEN2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1162
End: 1162
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
920) What benefits do girls get if they do not undergo this genital cutting?
PROBE: Nothing else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FEWER MEDICAL PROBLEMS A
AVOID PAIN B
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR HER C
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR THE MAN D
FOLLOWS RELIGION E
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ X
NO ADVANTAGE Y
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 Not mentioned
1 Mentioned
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
FCNOSTERIL indicates whether the woman mentioned avoiding sterility when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl of not undergoing circumcision. FCNOSTERIL was collected through an "other" category with write-in responses included on the survey form.

concept

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