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Demographic and Health Survey 2001-02 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2001 - 2002
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ZMB_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Central Board of Health [Zambia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman neglects the children (W_DVANEGKID)

Data file: ZMB2001-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 927
End: 927
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
721. 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 with another man?
If she neglects the children?
If she argues with him?
If she refuses to have sex with him?
If she cooks bad food or food is late?

GOES WITH MAN

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

BAD/LATE 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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