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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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Genital area sewn closed during daughter's circumcision (C_FCSEWNDAU)

Data file: NER2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1136
End: 1136
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
914. Was her vagina somehow closed?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
FCSEWNDAU (G112) indicates whether the woman's daughter had her genital area sewn closed for her female circumcision.

The related variable FCINFIB (G105) indicates whether the woman respondent's own vaginal area was sewn closed for her female circumcision.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Daughter's circumcision Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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