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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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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: NAM2006-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 681
End: 681
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
616. Do you think that if a woman refuses to have sex with her husband when he wants her to, he has the right to'?
a) Get angry and reprimand her?
b) Refuse to give her money or other means of support?
c) Use force and have sex with her even if she doesn't want to?
d) Go ahead and have sex with another woman?

a) ANGRY

YES 1
NO 2
DK/DEPENDS 8

b) REFUSE MONEY

YES 1
NO 2
DK/DEPENDS 8

c) USE FORCE

YES 1
NO 2
DK/DEPENDS 8

d) HAVE SEX WITH ANOTHER WOMAN

YES 1
NO 2
DK/DEPENDS 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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