Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

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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Vaginal area sewn closed for FC (W_FCINFIB)

Data file: NGA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1285

End: 1285

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

FGC06. Was your genital area sewn 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

For women who were circumcised, FCINFIB (G105) indicates whether their genital area was sewn closed during the procedure. Question wording varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Own circumcision Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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