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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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008 Fifth Round