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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Beating justified if: Wife argues with husband (M_DVAARGUEMN)

Data file: BEN2011-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 607
End: 607
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
614) In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations:

If she goes out without telling him?
If she neglects the children?
If she argues with him?
If she refuses to have sex with him?
If she burns the food?

GOES OUT WITHOUT TELLING HIM

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NEGLECTS THE CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ARGUES

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

REFUSES TO HAVE SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

BURNS THE FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
DVAARGUEMN (MV744C) indicates whether the male respondent believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she argues with him.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Domestic violence attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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