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:religious approval (man_q817_06)

Data file: NCSS 2012 MEN CHARACTERISTICS ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 2332

invd 38

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	12	0.5%
2	no	1650	70.8%
9	not applicable	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	670	28.7%
Sysmiss		38

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

Man states that benefit of female circumcision to girls is religious approval

Universe

All men aged 12-54 years