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FCOBJMOMBTH (FCOBJMOMBTH)
Against daughter's FC: Respondent's mother and/or mother-in-law
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Description

FCOBJMOMBTH indicates whether the woman mentioned her own mother or her husband's mother as someone objecting to her [eldest] daughter being circumcised, in response to an open-ended question.

Comparability

FCOBJMOMBTH has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FCOBJMOMBTH is a country-specific variable and is in included in neither the standard DHS questionnaire nor in any version of the standard DHS module on female circumcision.

Universe

  • Niger 1998: Women age 15-49 who have heard of FC and whose eldest living daughter is circumcised.
  • Niger: 1998-W, 1998-C, 1998-B