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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
Producer(s)
National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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For FC, daughter's genital area nicked without removing flesh (B_FCNICKDAU)

Data file: NGA2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1300
End: 1300
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
FGC13. Was her genital area just nicked without removing any flesh?

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
FCNICKDAU (G111) indicates whether the woman's daughter had her genital area nicked without removing any flesh for her female circumcision.

The related variable FCNICK indicates whether the woman respondent's own vaginal area was nicked without removing any flesh for her female circumcision.

concept

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