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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2014
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EGY_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Population [Egypt], El-Zanaty and Associates [Egypt], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Ever circumcised (W_FCCIRC)

Data file: EGY2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 987
End: 987
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 9: FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

INTERVIEWER: CHECK FOR THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS. BEFORE CONTINUING, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE PRIVACY. DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IF THERE IS NO PRIVACY.

901. Now I would like to talk about the practice of female circumcision. Have you yourself been circumcised?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 904)
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
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
FCCIRC (G102) indicates whether the woman had been circumcised. Question wording varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female circumcision general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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