Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who were circumcised, FCFLESH (G103) indicates whether flesh was removed from the genital area during the procedure.
Comparability — Index
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GENERAL |
Nigeria |
Comparability
Apart from slight differences in question wording, FCFLESH (G103) is largely comparable across samples.
A minority of samples included question probes in FCNICK (G104), (See Survey Text) which required the interviewer to change the response if inconsistencies were present between the two variables. This may have produced cross-sample differences in the accuracy of responses for FCFLESH (G103).
Comparability - Standard DHS
While FCFLESH (G103) is not included in the standard DHS questionnaire, it is included in all three versions of the standard DHS module on female circumcision.
Comparability — Nigeria [top]
A DHS final report for Nigeria includes the following text on comparability problems: "The 2008 NDHS showed a higher prevalence of female circumcision than that reported in the 2003 NDHS (30 percent versus 19 percent). However, this increase was actually due to variations in the definition of FGC used in the two surveys. In the 2008 NDHS, some of the field teams included angurya and gishiri cuts in the FGC category while others did not. This was not the case in 2003 NDHS. In the 2013 NDHS, the definition of FGC explicitly followed the WHO definition ... and captured the practice of angurya and gishiri cuts. Any comparisons of FGC data from the 2013 survey with data from these earlier surveys should be made with caution."
Universe
- Benin 2001: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Benin 2011: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Burkina Faso 2003: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Burkina Faso 2010: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Cameroon 2004: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the FC module, and who are circumcised.
- Chad 2004: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Chad 2014: Women age 15-49, in households not selected for the men's survey, who are circumcised.
- Cote d'Ivoire 2011: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Ethiopia 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the FC module, and who are circumcised.
- Gambia 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Gambia 2019: Women age 15-49, in households selected for the long questionnaire, who are circumcised.
- Guinea 2005: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Guinea 2012: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Guinea 2018: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Kenya 2008: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49, in households selected for the long questionnaire, who are circumcised.
- Mali 2001: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Mali 2006: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Mali 2012: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49, in households not selected for the men's survey, who are circumcised.
- Niger 2006: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Niger 2012: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Nigeria 2003: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Nigeria 2008: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Nigeria 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Nigeria 2018: Women age 15-49, in households not selected for the men's survey, who are circumcised.
- Senegal 2005: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Senegal 2010: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Senegal 2014: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Senegal 2015: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Senegal 2016: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Sierra Leone 2008: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Sierra Leone 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Sierra Leone 2019: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Tanzania 2004: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Tanzania 2010: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Togo 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
- Yemen 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised.
