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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2016
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UGA_2016_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman neglects the children (W_DVANEGKID)

Data file: UGA2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 987
End: 987
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
932) In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations?

a) If she goes out without telling him?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

b) If she neglects the children?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

c) If she argues with him?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

d) If she refuses to have sex with him?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

e) If she burns the 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.

concept

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