Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2011, Fourth round

Reference ID

GHA-GSS-MICS-2011-v1.1

Year

2011

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service - Autonomous

Sponsor(s)

United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - Funding agency
United States Agency for International Development - USAID - Funding agency
US) President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - - Provided funding
ICF Macro - - Provided funding

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Sep 15, 2014

Last modified

Jun 03, 2015

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Data Description

Data File: female genital mutilation

Content	female genital mutilation module from the women's questionnaire
Cases	9079
Variable(s)	23
Version	Verions 1.0
Producer	Ghana Statistical Service
Missing Data	Missing data is coded as 9 or a series of 9s that fills the length of the field.

Variables

Name	Label	Question
HH1	Cluster number	Cluster number

HH2	Household number	Household number

LN	Line number

FG1	Heard of female circumcision	Heard of female circumcision

FG3	Ever circumcised	Ever circumcised

FG9	Number of daughters

FGLN	Line Number

FG13	Age of daughter	Age of daughter

FG14	Daughter younger than 15 years	Daughter younger than 15 years

FG15	Daughter circumcised	Daughter circumcised

FG16	Daughter's age at circumcision	Daughter's age at circumcision

FG17	Flesh removed from the genital area: daughter	Flesh removed from the genital area: daughter

FG18	Genital area nicked without removing flesh: daughter	Genital area nicked without removing flesh: daughter

FG19	Genital area sewn closed: daughter	Genital area sewn closed: daughter

FG20	Person circumcising daughter	Person circumcising daughter

HH6	Area	Area

HH7	Region	Region

wmweight	Women's sample weight	Women's sample weight

ethnicity	Ethnicity of household head	Ethnicity of household head

religion	Religion of household head	Religion of household head

welevel	Educational level of head	Educational level of head

wscore	Wealth index score

windex5	Wealth index quintile	Wealth index quintile