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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2003
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MOZ_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Beating justified if: Wife refuses to have sex with husband (M_DVAIFNOSEXMN)

Data file: MOZ2003-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 679
End: 679
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
802. Sometimes the husband or partner gets upset about things that the wife/partner does. In your opinion, is the husband/partner justified in hitting his wife/partner?

A. If she leaves the house without notice?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT SURE/DEPENDS 8

B. If she is negligent in caring for the children?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT SURE/DEPENDS 8

C. If she argues with him?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT SURE/DEPENDS 8

D. If she refuses to have sexual relations with him?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT SURE/DEPENDS 8

E. If she burns the food?

YES 1
NO 2
NOT SURE/DEPENDS 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
DVAIFNOSEXMN (MV744D) indicates whether the male respondent believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she refuses to have sex with him.

concept

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