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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Beating justified if: Wife neglects the children (M_DVANEGKIDMN)

Data file: MDG2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 744
End: 744
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
615. 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 burns the food?

GOES OUT WITHOUT TELLING

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

NEGLECTS CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

ARGUES WITH HUSBAND

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

REFUSES TO HAVE SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

BURNS THE FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'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
DVANEGKIDMN (MV744B) indicates whether the male respondent believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she neglects the children.

concept

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