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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: Increase man's sexual pleasure (open-ended) (W_FCPROPLS)

Data file: NER2012-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1136
End: 1136
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
FCPROPLS (G117E) indicates whether the woman mentioned "more sexual pleasure for the husband/man" when asked 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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