Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Sierra Leone, 2010

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Reference ID

SLE_2010_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

United Nations Children’s Fund, Statistics Sierra Leone

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Jan 23, 2013

Last modified

Sep 26, 2013

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Person circumcising daughter (FG20)

Data file: fg

Overview

Valid: 1442

Invalid: 13234

Minimum: 11

Maximum: 99

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 22

End: 23

Width: 2

Range: 11 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Who performed the circumcision?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
11	Doctor	1	0.1%
12	Nurse / Midwife	18	1.2%
16	Other health professional	0	0%
21	Traditional circumciser	1252	86.8%
22	Traditional birth attendant	18	1.2%
26	Other traditional	0	0%
98	DK	89	6.2%
99	Missing	64	4.4%

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.

Interviewer instructions

First ask if she knows who circumcised her daughter. Probe to find out the type of person who performed the operation. Circle the code corresponding to the answer given. If she knows it was a health professional but you are unsure how to code the person mentioned, write the words used to describe the person in the space provided for 'Other health professional' and circle '16'. If she knows it was a traditional person but you are unsure how to code the person mentioned, write the words used to describe the person in the space provided for 'Other traditional' and circle '26'. If she does not know who circumcised her daughter, circle '98'.

Description

Source of information

The eligible woman selected for interview

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