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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011
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CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman neglects the children (B_DVANEGKID)

Data file: CMR2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1024
End: 1024
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
828) 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 goes out without telling him?
If she neglects the children?
If she argues with him?
If she refuses to have sex with him?
If she burns the food?

GOES OUT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

NEGL. CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

ARGUES

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

BURNS FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Don't know
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
DVANEGKID (V744B) indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she neglects the children.

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