Countries with DHS Data on FGC

The MEASURE DHS project has collected data on female genital cutting in 17 African countries and Yemen. In some countries, two surveys with FGC data have been conducted. Data is available on this CD for each of these countries, as well as the survey module used in DHS questionnaires to collect FGC data, and several DHS publications relating to FGC.

FGC and the DHS

Egypt

1995

Egypt Demographic and Health Survey, 1995
Fieldwork: Nov. 1995-Jan. 1996
Female sample: 14,779 ever-married women age 15-49
Male sample: none

Final report, Chapter 13: Female Circumcision
Women’s questionnaire, section on FGC
Clinic-based Investigation of the Typology and Self-reporting of FGM in Egypt. Egyptian Fertility Care Society, the Population Council, and Macro International. 1996.

2000

Egypt Demographic and Health Survey, 2000
Fieldwork: March 2000-May 2000
Female sample: 15,573 ever-married women age 15-49
Male sample: none

Countries

English-speaking

French-speaking