Percent distribution of women (or men) age 15-49 who have heard of female circumcision by opinion on whether their religion requires female circumcision.
Coverage:
Population base: Women (or men) age 15-49 (IR file, MR file)
Time period: Current status at time of survey
Numerators:
Number of women (or men) age 15-49 who have heard of female circumcision (women: g100 = 1 or g101 = 1; men: mg100 = 1 or mg101 = 1) by whether their religion requires female circumcision:
1) Required (women: g118 = 1; men: mg118 = 1)
2) Not required (women: g118 = 0; men: mg118 = 0)
Denominator: Number of women (or men) age 15-49 who have heard of circumcision (women: g100 = 1 or g101 = 1; men: mg100 = 1 or mg101 = 1)
Variables: IR file, MR file.
|
g100 |
Ever heard of female circumcision (women) |
|
g101 |
Ever heard of genital cutting (probed) (women) |
|
g118 |
Female circumcision required by religion (women) |
|
v005 |
Women's sample weight |
|
mg100 |
Ever heard of female circumcision (men) |
|
mg101 |
Ever heard of genital cutting (probed) (men) |
|
mg118 |
Female circumcision required by religion (men) |
|
mv005 |
Men's sample weight |
Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100. All categories and the “don’t know/missing” responses add up to 100 percent.
Missing values are included with “don’t know” responses and included in a separate category as well as in the denominator.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table FGC.8
API Indicator IDs:
Women:
FG_OFCR_W_REQ, FG_OFCR_W_NRQ, FG_OFCR_W_DKM
Men:
FG_OFCR_M_REQ, FG_OFCR_M_NRQ, FG_OFCR_M_DKM