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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1999
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GIN_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan et de la Coopération [Guinea] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Benefits to girl of FC: Better marriage prospects (open-ended) (W_FCPROMARRY)

Data file: GIN1999-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 956
End: 956
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1018. What advantages are there for girls if they undergo this genital cutting?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

CLEANLINESS/HYGIENE A
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE B
BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS C
PRESERVE VIRGINITY/PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX D
AVOID ADULTERY E
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR HUSBAND F
RELIGIOUS REQUIREMENT G
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
FCPROMARRY (G117C) indicates whether the woman mentioned better marriage prospects in response to an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision.

concept

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