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Demographic and Health Survey 2013 - IPUMS Subset

Yemen, Republic of, 2013
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YEM_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Public Health and Population (MOPHP), Central Statistical Organization (CSO) [Yemen], Pan Arab Program for Family Health (PAPFAM), and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Benefits to girl of FC: Preserves virginity (open-ended) (B_FCPROVIRG)

Data file: YEM2013-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 833
End: 833
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1119) Why do you intend to have any of your daughters circumcised? PROBE: Any other reasons? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

CLEANLINESS/HYGIENE A
SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE B
BETTER MARRIAGE PROSPECTS C
PRESERVE VIRGINITY/PREVENT PREMARITAL SEX D
MORE SEXUAL PLEASURE FOR THE MAN E
RELIGIOUS APPROVAL F
OTHER (SPECIFY)____ X
NO REASON Y
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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