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Codes and Frequencies
Description
FCAGEDAU (G113) reports the age of the woman's eldest daughter when she was circumcised.
The related variable FCAGE reports the age when the woman respondent was circumcised.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in wording, FCAGEDAU (G113) is comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
FCAGEDAU (G113) is not included in the standard DHS questionnaire, but it is included in all three versions of the DHS module on female genital cutting and is a standard variable in DHS Phases 4, 5, and 6.
Universe
- Benin 2001: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Burkina Faso 1998: Women age 15-49 whose eldest living daughter is circumcised.
- Burkina Faso 2003: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Cameroon 2004: Women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the FC module, and who have at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Chad 2004: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Cote d'Ivoire 1998: Women age 15-49 whose eldest living daughter is circumcised.
- Egypt 1995: Ever-married women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Egypt 2000: Ever-married women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Ethiopia 2000: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Ethiopia 2005: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Guinea 1999: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Guinea 2005: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Kenya 1998: Women age 15-49 whose eldest living daughter is circumcised.
- Kenya 2008: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Mali 1995: Women age 15-49 whose eldest living daughter is circumcised.
- Mali 2001: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Niger 1998: Women age 15-49 whose eldest living daughter is circumcised.
- Niger 2006: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Niger 2012: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Nigeria 1999: Women age 10-49 whose eldest living daughter is circumcised.
- Nigeria 2003: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Nigeria 2008: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Senegal 2005: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Sierra Leone 2008: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Sierra Leone 2013: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Tanzania 1996: Women age 15-49 whose eldest living daughter is circumcised.
- Tanzania 2004: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Tanzania 2010: Women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
- Yemen 2013: Ever-married women age 15-49 with at least one living daughter who is circumcised.
