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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Ever circumcised (B_FCCIRC)

Data file: NGA2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1282
End: 1282
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
FGC03. Have you yourself ever been circumcised?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO FGC09)
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
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
FCCIRC (G102) indicates whether the woman had been circumcised. Question wording varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

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