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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Final say on spending wife's earnings (M_DECWIFEARN)

Data file: NAM2006-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 510
End: 511
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
613. In a couple, who do you think should have the greater say in each of the following decisions: the husband, the wife or both equally:

a) making large household purchases?
b) making small daily household purchases?
c) deciding when to visit the wife's family or relatives?
d) deciding what to do with the money she earns for her
work?
e) deciding how many children to have?

a)

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

b)

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

c)

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

d)

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8
Categories
Value Category
10 Man alone
20 Man and wife/partner
30 Man and someone else
40 Wife/partner alone
50 Someone else
90 Other/not applicable
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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
For men who are currently married or living with a woman, DECWIFEARN (MV743F) indicates who in the man's household usually makes decisions regarding how to spend the income his wife or partner earns.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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