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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2008 - 2009
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KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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If wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: Get angry (M_NOSEXGETMADOK)

Data file: KEN2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 680
End: 680
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

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

NEGL. CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

ARGUES

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

BURNS FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know, it depends
8 Missing
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
NOSEXGETMADOK (MV634A) indicates whether the man believes that, if a wife refuses to have sex, her husband has the right to get angry and reprimand her. This variable was one of a series of variables examining male respondents' views about "husband's rights."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sexual attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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