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Demographic and Health Survey 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2012
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NER_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Ministère des Finances [Niger] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Benefits to girl of FC: Preserves virginity (open-ended) (B_FCPROVIRG)

Data file: NER2012-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1137
End: 1137
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1019) What benefits do girls get if they undergo this genital cutting?
PROBE: Other benefits?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED

A CLEANLINESS/HYGIENE
B SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE
C BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS
D PRESERVE VIRGINITY/PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX
E MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR THE MAN
F RELIGIOUS APPROVAL
X OTHER (SPECIFY)
Y NO BENEFITS
Z DON'T KNOW
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
FCPROVIRG (G117D) indicates whether the woman mentioned preservation of virginity (by preventing premarital sex) when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision.

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