Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round
Nigeria, 2008
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Who performed circumcision of daughter (G114)
Data file: Woman
Overview
Valid:
2796
Invalid:
31800
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1168
End:
1169
Width:
2
Range:
10 - 98
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Who performed the circumcision?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Health professional | 0 |
0%
|
| 11 | Doctor | 72 |
2.6%
|
| 12 | Trained nurse / midwife | 545 |
19.5%
|
| 16 | Other health professional | 16 |
0.6%
|
| 20 | Traditional | 0 |
0%
|
| 21 | Traditional "circumciser" | 1875 |
67.1%
|
| 22 | Traditional birth attendant | 271 |
9.7%
|
| 26 | Other traditional | 8 |
0.3%
|
| 98 | Don't know | 9 |
0.3%
|
| 99 | Missing | 30 | |
| 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