IPUMS DHS: descr: FSCAUSCIRC

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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FSCAUSCIRC (FSCAUSCIRC)

Cause of fistula: Female circumcision

Codes and Frequencies

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FSCAUSCIRC indicates whether the woman reported female circumcision as a cause of fistula, in response to an open-ended question.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

FSCAUSCIRC has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FSCAUSCIRC is included in neither the standard DHS questionnaire nor in the standard version of the fistula module.

Niger: 2012-W, 2012-C, 2012-B, 2012-W