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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2004
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CMR_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de la Planification, de la Programmation du Développement et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Benefits to girl of FC: Preserves virginity (open-ended) (B_FCPROVIRG)

Data file: CMR2004-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1124
End: 1124
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1019) What benefits do girls get if they undergo this genital cutting?

PROBE: Other benefits?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

CLEANLINESS/HYGIENE A
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE B
BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS C
PRESERVE VIRGINITY/PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX D
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR THE MAN E
RELIGIOUS APPROVAL 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
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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