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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)
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Ever heard of genital cutting (probed) (G101)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 15172
Invalid: 19424
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1150
End: 1150
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In some countries, there is a practice in which a girl may have part of her genitals cut. Have you ever heard about this practice?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 14721
97%
1 Yes 451
3%
9 Missing 20
Sysmiss 19404
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 not heard of female circumcision (G100 <> 1)
Source of information
Respondent
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