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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0
Producer(s)
National Population Commission (NPC)
Metadata
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Oct 18, 2010
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Genital area sewn closed (G105)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 8329
Invalid: 26267
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1154
End: 1154
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Was your genital area sewn closed?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 4781
57.4%
1 Yes 461
5.5%
8 Don't know 3087
37.1%
9 Missing 135
Sysmiss 26132
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

Universe
Women who have heard of circumcision, been circumcised, and who have had some flesh removed ((G100=1 or G101=1) and G102=1 and G103=1)
Source of information
Respondent
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