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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Aug 15, 2018
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Benefits to girl of FC: Social acceptance (open-ended) (W_FCPROSOC)

Data file: NGA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1310
End: 1310
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
FGC19. What benefits do girls themselves get if they are circumcised?
PROBE: Any other benefits?
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 BENEFITS 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
FCPROSOC (G117B) indicates whether the woman mentioned social acceptance when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision.

concept

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