Nigeria - Demographic and Health Survey, 2008, Fifth Round
Reference ID | NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0 |
Year | 2008 |
Country | Nigeria |
Producer(s) | National Population Commission (NPC) - Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) |
Sponsor(s) | President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - PEPFAR - funding United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA - funding MEASURE DHS Project - MEASURE - funding |
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Created on | Oct 18, 2010 |
Last modified | Dec 02, 2013 |
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Circumcision is required by religion
(G118)
File: Woman
File: Woman
Overview
Type:
Discrete Format: numeric Width: 1 Decimals: 0 Range: 0-8 Invalid: 9 | Valid cases: 18253 Invalid: 16343 |
Universe
Women who have heard of circumcision (G100=1 or G101=1)
Source of information
Respondent
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
0 | No | 12750 | ![]() |
1 | Yes | 3005 | ![]() |
8 | Don't know | 2498 | ![]() |
9 | Missing | 352 | |
Sysmiss | 15991 |
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.
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Do you believe that this practice is required by your religion?