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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2010

Sierra Leone, 2010
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SLE_2010_MICS_v01_M
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United Nations Children’s Fund, Statistics Sierra Leone
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Person circumcising respondent (FG8)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 11686
Invalid: 2380
Minimum: 11
Maximum: 99
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 206
End: 207
Width: 2
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Who performed the circumcision?
Categories
Value Category
11 Doctor
12 Nurse / Midwife
16 Other health professional
21 Traditional circumciser
22 Traditional birth attendant
26 Other traditional
98 DK
99 Missing
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. 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, circle '98'.
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