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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Reason FC is good tradition: Preserves virginity, prevents immorality (open-ended) (B_FCGTVIRGIN)

Data file: NER1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 851
End: 851
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
568) What do you mean by GOOD TRADITION/CUSTOM AND TRADITION?

RECORD ALL REASONS MENTIONED

CUSTOM AND TRADITION B (GO TO 600)
RELIGIOUS NECESSITY C (GO TO 600)
HYGIENE D (GO TO 600)
BETTER CHANCE OF MARRIAGE E (GO TO 600)
MORE PLEASURE FOR HUSBAND F (GO TO 600)
PRESERVATION OF VIRGINITY/AVOID IMMORALITY G (GO TO 600)
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X (GO TO 600)
DON'T KNOW Y (GO TO 600)
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 agreed with the FCCTRAD or FCCUSTTRAD variables (female circumcision should continue because it is a good tradition or because it is a custom and tradition, respectively) were asked in an open-ended question to explain what was meant by a good tradition. FCGTVIRGIN captures whether they mentioned the practice is a good tradition because it preserves virginity and/or prevents immorality.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about FC Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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