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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000
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Reference ID
NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
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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If wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: Use force for sex (M_NOSEXFORCEOK)

Data file: NAM2000-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 563
End: 563
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
618. Do you think that if a wife refuses to have sex with her husband when he wants her to, he has the right to:
Get angry and yell at her?
Refuse to give her money or other means of financial support?
Force her to have sex with him even if she doesn't want to?
Have sex with another woman?

GET ANGRY AND YELL

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

REFUSE TO SUPPORT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

FORCE HER TO HAVE SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

HAVE ANOTHER WOMAN

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
NOSEXFORCEOK (MV634C) indicates whether the man believes that, if a wife refuses to have sex, her husband has the right to use force to secure unwanted sex with 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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