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Demographic and Health Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1995
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EGY_1995_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Council [Egypt] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Anaesthetic used in circumcision (W_FCANASTHETIC)

Data file: EGY1995-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 723
End: 723
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
807. Was the circumcision carried out under anesthetic? IF YES, PROBE: What type--local or general?

LOCAL 1
GENERAL 2
WITHOUT ANESTHESIA 3
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
1 Local
2 General
3 None
8 Don't know
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
For women who were circumcised, FCANASTHETIC indicates whether the circumcision was carried out under anesthetic and, if so, whether a local or general anesthetic was used.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Own circumcision Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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