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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2003
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BFA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Ministère de l’Économie et du Développement [Burkina Faso] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Benefits to girl of FC: Preserves virginity (open-ended) (C_FCPROVIRG)

Data file: BFA2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 949
End: 949
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1019. What are the advantages for a girl to be circumcised?
INSIST: Other advantages? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

BETTER HYGIENE A
SOCIAL RECOGNITION B
BETTER CHANCE FOR MARRIAGE C
PRESERVATION OF VIRGINITY/PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX D
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR THE MALE E
RELIGIOUS NECESSITY F
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ X
NO ADVANTAGE Y
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
FCPROVIRG (G117D) indicates whether the woman mentioned preservation of virginity (by preventing premarital sex) when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision.

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