Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998

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Reference ID

NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Ever heard of female circumcision (W_FCKNOW)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 797

End: 798

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

551) In Niger, as in other countries, there is a practice that involves removing a part of the genital organs of young girls or young women. Have you heard of this practice?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 600)

Categories

Value	Category
98	Missing
10	Yes
99	NIU (not in universe)
97	Don't know
00	No
11	Yes, spontaneous
12	Yes, prompted

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

FCKNOW (G100) indicates whether the woman had ever heard about female circumcision. Question wording and coding varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

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

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