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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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Sep 19, 2018
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman goes out without telling him (C_DVAGOOUT)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1044
End: 1044
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
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
DVAGOOUT (V744A) indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she goes out without telling him.

concept

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