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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2006
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NER_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman goes out without telling him (W_DVAGOOUT)

Data file: NER2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1004
End: 1004
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
721. Sometimes the husband is upset or angry because of certain things his wife does. In your opinion, is it legitimate that a husband beat or hit his wife in the following situations:

If she goes out without telling him?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she neglects her children?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she argues with him?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she refuses to have sexual intercourse with him?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she 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
DVAGOOUT (V744A) indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she goes out without telling him.

concept

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