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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2003
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GHA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman argues with him (C_DVAARGUE)

Data file: GHA2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 982
End: 982
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
721. 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
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
DVAARGUE (V744C) indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she argues with him.

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