Codes and Frequencies
Description
FCPRORELIG (G117F) indicates whether the woman mentioned religious approval when asked an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision. Response category wording varies across samples. See Comparability.
Comparability — Index
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GENERAL Chad |
Guinea Senegal |
Yemen |
Comparability
In addition slight differences in universes and question wording, the response categories for FCPRORELIG (G117F) vary slightly across surveys, which may affect comparability. Most samples used the phrase "religious approval" for this response. Only samples that used different wording are described below.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FCPRORELIG (G117F) is included in phases I and II of the standard DHS module for female circumcision. The first version uses the following question wording: "What benefits do girls themselves get if they undergo this genital cutting?" The second changed the wording to "What benefits do girls themselves get if they are circumcised?" Question wording in samples vary based on these variations in the DHS module.
Comparability — Chad [top]
The 2004 Chad questionnaire includes "religious necessity" as the response category.
Comparability — Guinea [top]
The Guinea 1999 survey form uses the wording "religious requirement" for the response category. Guinea 2005 uses the more common phrase "religious approval" for this variable.
Comparability — Senegal [top]
The 2005 Senegal questionnaire includes "religious necessity" as the response category.
Comparability — Yemen [top]
The 2013 Yemen survey asks, "Why do you intend to have any of your daughters circumcised? Any other reasons?
Universe
- Benin 2001: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Burkina Faso 2003: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Cameroon 2004: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the FC module, and who have heard of FC.
- Chad 2004: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Egypt 2000: Ever-married women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Gambia 2019: Women age 15-49 who have heard of female circumcision, in households selected for the long questionnaire
- Guinea 1999: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Guinea 2005: All women age 15-49.
- Kenya 2008: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Mali 2001: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Mali 2006: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Niger 2006: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Niger 2012: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Nigeria 2003: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Nigeria 2008: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Senegal 2005: All women age 15-49.
- Sierra Leone 2008: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Sierra Leone 2013: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
- Yemen 1991: Ever-married women age 15-54 who approve of female circumcision.
- Yemen 2013: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC.
