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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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Circumcision benefits: religious approval (G117f)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 18281
Invalid: 16315
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1177
End: 1177
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 1
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
What benefits do girls themselves get if they are circumcised?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 17826
97.5%
1 Yes 455
2.5%
9 Missing 324
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.
Question post text
Record all mentioned.

Description

Universe
Women who have heard of circumcision (G100=1 or G101=1)
Source of information
Respondent
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