Codes and Frequencies
Description
For women who were circumcised, FCNICK (G104) indicates whether their genital area was nicked without removing flesh during the procedure.
Comparability — Index
GENERAL |
Nigeria |
Comparability
Apart from slight differences in question wording, FCNICK (G104) is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
While FCNICK (G104) 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 but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Benin 2011: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Burkina Faso 2003: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Burkina Faso 2010: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Cameroon 2004: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the FC module, and who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Chad 2004: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Chad 2014: Women age 15-49, in households not selected for the men's survey, who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Cote d'Ivoire 2011: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Ethiopia 2016: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the FC module, and who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Gambia 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Gambia 2019: Women age 15-49, in households selected for the long questionnaire, who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Guinea 2005: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Guinea 2012: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Guinea 2018: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Kenya 2008: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49, in households selected for the long questionnaire, who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Mali 2001: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Mali 2006: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Mali 2012: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49, in households not selected for the men's survey, who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Niger 2006: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Niger 2012: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Nigeria 2003: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Nigeria 2008: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Nigeria 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Nigeria 2018: Women age 15-49, in households not selected for the men's survey, who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Senegal 2005: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Senegal 2010: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Senegal 2014: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Senegal 2015: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Senegal 2016: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Sierra Leone 2008: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Sierra Leone 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Sierra Leone 2019: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Tanzania 2004: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Tanzania 2010: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.
- Togo 2013: Women age 15-49 who are circumcised but whose flesh was not removed for FC.