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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2006
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NER_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Benefits to girl of FC: Preserves virginity (open-ended) (C_FCPROVIRG)

Data file: NER2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1148
End: 1148
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
919. What are the advantages to circumcising a girl?
PROBE: Are there other advantages?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

BETTER HYGIENE A
SOCIAL RECOGNITION B
BETTER CHANCE FOR MARRIAGE C
PRESERVATION OF VIRGINITY/PREVENT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE BEFORE MARRIAGE D
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR THE MAN E
RELIGIOUS NECESSITY F
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
NO ADVANTAGE Y
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
FCPROVIRG (G117D) indicates whether the woman mentioned preservation of virginity (by preventing premarital sex) when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision.

concept

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