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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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Benefits to girl of FC: Other (open-ended) (M_FCPROOTHMN)

Data file: NGA2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 789
End: 789
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
FGC03. What benefits do girls themselves get if they are circumcised?
PROBE: Any other benefits?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

CLEANLINESS/HYGIENE A
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE B
BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS C
PRESERVE VIRGINITY/PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX D
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR THE MAN E
RELIGIOUS APPROVAL F
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ X
NO BENEFITS 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
FCPROOTHMN (MG117X) indicates whether the man gave some other response when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific benefits to the girl included in a given sample.

concept

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