Home / Central Data Catalog / MLI_1995_DHS_V01_M_V01_A_IPUMS / variable [F2]
central

Demographic and Health Survey 1995-1996

Mali, 1995 - 1996
Get Microdata
Reference ID
MLI_1995_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante', de la Solidarite' et de Personnes Agees (CPS/MSSPA) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and Macro International, Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Sep 19, 2018
Last modified
Sep 19, 2018
Page views
54047

FC should continue because: Preserves virginity/morality (open-ended question) (C_FCCVIRGIN)

Data file: MLI1995-C

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 Not mentioned
1 Mentioned
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
Women who responded to FCCONTINU that female circumcision should continue were asked an open-ended question about why it should continue. FCCVIRGIN captures whether they said the practice should continue because it preserves virginity (i.e., prevents sexual intercourse before marriage).

concept

Concept
Name Vocabulary
Beliefs about FC Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
Back to Catalog