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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2014
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KEN_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Thinks FC is required by community (W_FCYNCOMM)

Data file: KEN2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1188
End: 1188
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1315A) Do you believe that this practice is required by your community?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
For women who have heard of female circumcision, FCYNCOMM indicates whether the respondent believes female circumcision is required by the community.

IPUMS-DHS users may be interested in a similar variable about whether the respondent believes female circumcision is required by traditions or customs (FCYNCUSTTRAD).

concept

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