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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2003
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Reference ID
KEN_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], Ministry of Health [Kenya], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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FGC practiced in the community (B_FCNORM)

Data file: KEN2003-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1049
End: 1049
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
820. In many communities, girls are introduced to womanhood by participating in some ceremonies and undergoing specific procedures. I want to discuss with you the circumcision of girls. In this community, is female circumcision practiced?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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
FCNORM indicates whether female circumcision was practiced in the woman's community.

concept

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