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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
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Ministère des Finances [Niger] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Has heard of cutting hymen (Dangouria) (W_FCHEARDHYM)

Data file: NER2012-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1107
End: 1107
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1005a) Have you ever heard of the Dangouriya (Haoussa) or Habizi (Djerma) or Damari (Kanouri) practice?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 1006)
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
FCHEARDHYM indicates whether the woman has heard of the Dangouria practice, a traditional practice in Niger that is distinguished by cutting the hymen membrane.

concept

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