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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman neglects the children (B_DVANEGKID)

Data file: IND2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1042
End: 1042
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
936. 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?
b. If she neglects the house or the children?
c. If she argues with him?
d. If she refuses to have sex with him?
e. If she doesn't cook food properly?
f. If he suspects her of being unfaithful?
g. If she shows disrespect for in-laws?

GOES OUT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NEGL. CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ARGUES

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

POOR COOKING

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

UNFAITHFUL

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

DISRESPECT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 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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