Demographic and Health Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1995

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Reference ID

EGY_1995_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Council [Egypt] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Tool used in respondent's circumcision (W_FCTOOL)

Data file: EGY1995-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 732

End: 733

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

806. Do you know what tool was used in the circumcision?

SHARP BLADE/RAZOR 1
SCALPEL 2
SCISSORS 3
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
10	Blade/razor blade
11	Own blade/razor
12	Shared blade/razor
20	Scalpel
30	Other
31	Scissors
32	Knife
97	Don't Know
98	Missing
99	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 are circumcised, FCTOOL reports what tool was used to cut the woman's genitals during female circumcision.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Own circumcision Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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