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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000
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NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) [Namibia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Beating justified if: Wife argues with husband (M_DVAARGUEMN)

Data file: NAM2000-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 635
End: 635
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
616. 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 neglects the children?
If she argues with him?
If she refuses to have sex with him?

NEGLECTS CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

ARGUES WITH HIM

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DK 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
DVAARGUEMN (MV744C) indicates whether the male respondent believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she argues with him.

concept

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