FCCTRAD
(FCCTRAD)
FC should continue because: Good tradition (open-ended question)
Codes and Frequencies
Description
Women who stated that female circumcision should continue (in FCCONTINU) were asked a follow-up question about why it should continue. FCCTRAD captures whether they said the practice should continue because it was a "good tradition."
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, FCCTRAD has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FCCTRAD is included in neither the standard DHS questionnaire nor in any of the three versions of the standard DHS module on female circumcision.
Universe
- Central African Republic 1995: Women age 15-49 who think FC should continue.
- Cote d'Ivoire 1998: Women age 15-49 who think FC should continue.
- Egypt 1995: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have heard of FC and think FC should continue.
- Mali 1995: All women age 15-49.
- Niger 1998: Women age 15-49 who think FC should continue.
- Nigeria 1999: Women age 10-49 who think FC should continue.
