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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2005
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Reference ID
EGY_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Population [Egypt], National Population Council [Egypt], El-Zanaty and Associates, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Ever circumcised (B_FCCIRC)

Data file: EGY2005-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1044
End: 1044
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
801) Now I would like to talk about the practice of female circumcision. Have you yourself been circumcised?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 803)
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
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
FCCIRC (G102) indicates whether the woman had been circumcised. Question wording varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female circumcision general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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