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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Physical abuse by others: Current boyfriend (B_DVOBFNOW)

Data file: GHA2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1151
End: 1151
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1115. Who has hurt you in this way? Anyone else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

MOTHER/STEP-MOTHER A
FATHER/STEP-FATHER B
SISTER/BROTHER C
DAUGHTER/SON D
OTHER RELATIVE E
FORMER HUSBAND/PARTNER F
CURRENT BOYFRIEND G
FORMER BOYFRIEND H
MOTHER-IN-LAW I
FATHER-IN-LAW J
OTHER-IN-LAW K
TEACHER L
EMPLOYER/SOMEONE AT WORK M
POLICE/SOLDIER N
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, physically hurt by current boyfriend
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
For women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, DVOBFNOW (D115K) indicates whether they had been physically hurt by their current boyfriend since age 15.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Physical abuse from others Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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