Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

benefit of circumcision to girl is:better marriage prospects (wom_q1022_03)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 4152

invd 81

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What benefits do girls themselves get if they are circumcised?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	45	1.1%
2	no	2118	51%
9	not applicable	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	1989	47.9%
Sysmiss		81

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Question pretext

Question post text

PROBE: Any other?

Interviewer instructions

These questions are asked to women with at least one living daughter. We would like to find out in Q1020 if she plans to have the daughter(s) circumcised if they have not yet been circumcised. In Q1021 we would like to know if the respondent approves of the practice of female circumcision and in 1022 we ask for the perceived benefits to the girl if she gets circumcised.

Description

Text

Woman states that benefit of female circumcision to girls is better marriage prospects

Universe

All women aged 12-49 years