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Codes
This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.
Description
FCPROMARRY (G117C) indicates whether the woman mentioned better marriage prospects in response to an open-ended question about benefits for the girl from female circumcision.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question and response category wording, FCPROMARRY (G117C) is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FCPROMARRY (G117C) 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.
Universe
No universe descriptions are currently available.
Benin:
2001-W, 2001-C, 2001-B, 2006-W, 2006-B, 2006-C, 2006-W
Burkina Faso:
2003-W, 2003-B, 2003-C, 2003-W
Cameroon:
2004-B, 2004-C, 2004-W
Chad:
2004-W, 2004-C, 2004-B
Egypt:
2000-C, 2000-W, 2000-B, 2000-W
Guinea:
1999-W, 1999-C, 1999-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2005-B, 2005-C
Kenya:
2008-C, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-W
Mali:
2001-C, 2001-B, 2001-W, 2001-W, 2006-C, 2006-B, 2006-W, 2006-W
Niger:
2006-B, 2006-C, 2006-W, 2006-W, 2012-C, 2012-B, 2012-W, 2012-W
Nigeria:
2003-W, 2003-C, 2003-B, 2008-W, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-C
Senegal:
2005-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2005-C
Sierra Leone:
2008-C, 2008-B, 2008-W, 2008-W, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-W
Yemen:
1991-W, 1991-C, 1991-B, 2013-W, 2013-C, 2013-B, 2013-W
