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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Vaginal area sewn closed for FC (W_FCINFIB)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 804
End: 804
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
556) At the time of your (NAME OF PRACTICE), did they entirely or partially sew the area of your vagina closed?

YES 1
NO 2
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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