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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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Genital area of daughter sewn closed (G112)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 2802
Invalid: 31794
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1165
End: 1165
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Was her genital area sewn closed?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 2119
75.6%
1 Yes 201
7.2%
8 Don't know 482
17.2%
9 Missing 24
Sysmiss 31770
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 with at least one living daughter who has been circumcised ((G100=1 or G101=1) and B4=2 and B5=1 and G108<>95)
Source of information
Respondent
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