Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Did mother ever beat father (C_DVMAHITPA)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1118

End: 1118

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1132A. As far as you know, did your mother ever beat your father?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
9	NIU (not in universe)
8	Missing
7	Don't Know
1	Yes, mother hit father
0	No, mother did not hit father

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

For women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, DVMAHITPA indicates whether the female respondent's mother ever beat her father.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Domestic violence from partner/husband Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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