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Missing female genital cutting variable in Liberia 2007 individuals' survey [message #9975]

Sat, 11 June 2016 09:37

sufi
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Registered: June 2016

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Hello

I'm trying to find the variable for female genital cutting in the individual recode for Liberia 2007. I cannot find it. Has anyone been through this before?

thanks in advance

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Re: Missing female genital cutting variable in Liberia 2007 individuals' survey [message #9976 is a reply to message #9975]

Mon, 13 June 2016 08:47

Bridgette-DHS
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Registered: February 2013

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We did not collect female genital cutting data in Liberia 2007.

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Re: Missing female genital cutting variable in Liberia 2007 individuals' survey [message #9977 is a reply to message #9976]

Mon, 13 June 2016 12:44

sufi
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Registered: June 2016

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Hi
Sorry for the mixup. It turns out that there is FGM information in Liberia 2007.
in the file LBIR51FL - individuals' recode - there is the variable s959
it's a dummy variable asking whether the respondent is a member of sande society or a woman's bush society
apparently this is a proxy for FGM

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Re: Missing female genital cutting variable in Liberia 2007 individuals' survey [message #9979 is a reply to message #9977]

Mon, 13 June 2016 13:00

Bridgette-DHS
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You are right about S959 - it is a proxy for FGM.

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