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Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2007
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BGD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman shows disrespect for inlaws (W_DVADISINLAW)

Data file: BGD2007-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 763
End: 763
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1101B) Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. 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 does not obey elders in the family?

GOES OUT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NEGLECTS CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ARGUES

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

DOESN'T OBEY ELDERS

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Don't know
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
DVADISINLAW indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if shows disrespect for her in-laws.

concept

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