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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

Cote d'Ivoire, 1998 - 1999
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CIV_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique [Côte d'Ivoire] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Reason FC is bad tradition: Against women's dignity (open-ended) (C_FCBTDIGNITY)

Data file: CIV1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 847
End: 847
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
922) What do you mean by BAD TRADITION?

RECORD ALL REASONS MENTIONED.

AGAINST RELIGION B
MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS C
OWN EXPERIENCE WAS PAINFUL D
AGAINST WOMAN'S DIGNITY E
PREVENTS SEXUAL SATISFACTION F
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 Not mentioned
1 Mentioned
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
Women who said that female circumcision should be stopped because it is a "bad tradition" (FCBADTRAD) were asked a follow-up question to explain what was meant by a bad tradition. FBTDIGNITY captures whether they mentioned the practice is a bad tradition because it is against women's dignity.

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