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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2008 - 2009
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Reference ID
KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Genital area sewn closed during daughter's circumcision (C_FCSEWNDAU)

Data file: KEN2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1225
End: 1225
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1314. Was her genital area sewn closed?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
FCSEWNDAU (G112) indicates whether the woman's daughter had her genital area sewn closed for her female circumcision.

The related variable FCINFIB (G105) indicates whether the woman respondent's own vaginal area was sewn closed for her female circumcision.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Daughter's circumcision Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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