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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Who performed respondent's circumcision (B_FCPERF)

Data file: NER1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 809
End: 811
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
555) Who performed your (NAME OF PRACTICE)?

DOCTOR 01
NURSE/MID-WIFE 02
DOULA 03
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT 04
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER 05
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ 96
DON'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
999 NIU (not in universe)
998 Missing
997 Don't know
210 Traditional circumciser
200 TRADITIONAL
100 HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
130 Birth attendant
110 Doctor/physician
111 Male doctor
112 Female doctor
120 Trained nurse/midwife
121 Nurse
122 Midwife
190 Other health professional
211 Traditional male circumciser
212 Traditional female circumciser
213 Excisioner
220 Traditional birth attendant
230 Matronne/older woman
240 Traditional healer
241 Barber
242 Ghagaria (gypsy)
290 Other traditional
995 OTHER
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 are circumcised, FCPERF (G107) reports who performed the procedure. Responses vary considerably across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Own circumcision Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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