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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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Ever heard of female circumcision (W_FCKNOW)

Data file: BFA1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 802
End: 803
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 9: FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

Now I would like to ask you questions about female circumcision, which consists of the total or partial removal of the external parts of a woman's genitalia. This practice exists within certain societies in Burkina and other countries.

901. Have you ever heard of female circumcision?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 1001)
Categories
Value Category
98 Missing
10 Yes
99 NIU (not in universe)
97 Don't know
00 No
11 Yes, spontaneous
12 Yes, prompted
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
FCKNOW (G100) indicates whether the woman had ever heard about female circumcision. Question wording and coding varies across samples. See Comparability.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female circumcision general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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