Demographic and Health Survey 2008

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M

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National Population Commission

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Who performed circumcision (g107)

Data file: RECGC

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 24

End: 25

Width: 2

Range: 10 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

Ever heard of female circumcision.

Categories

Value	Category
10	HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
11	Doctor
12	Trained nurse / midwife
16	Other health professional
20	TRADITIONAL
21	Traditional 'circumciser'
22	Traditional birth attendant
26	Other traditional
98	Don't know

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.

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Notes

Respondent’s circumcision - Who performed circumcision.

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