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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1998 - 1999
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BFA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Vaginal area sewn closed for FC (W_FCINFIB)

Data file: BFA1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 810
End: 810
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
906. During your circumcision, did they partially or completely close the vaginal opening by sewing a seam?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'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
For women who were circumcised, FCINFIB (G105) indicates whether their genital area was sewn closed during the procedure. Question wording varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Own circumcision Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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