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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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Genital area sewn closed during daughter's circumcision (W_FCSEWNDAU)

Data file: EGY1995-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 761
End: 761
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
822. Was the vaginal area sewn closed or almost closed (during the circumcision)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
FCSEWNDAU (G112) indicates whether the woman's daughter had her genital area sewn closed for her female circumcision.

The related variable FCINFIB (G105) indicates whether the woman respondent's own vaginal area was sewn closed for her female circumcision.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Daughter's circumcision Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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