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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sought help to stop violence: District social welfare officer (W_DVHSOCWEL)

Data file: MWI2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1111
End: 1111
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1328. From whom have you sought help? Anyone else?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

OWN FAMILY A (GO TO 1330)
HUSBAND'S/PARTNER'S FAMILY B (GO TO 1330)
CURRENT/FORMER HUSBAND/PARTNER C (GO TO 1330)
CURRENT/FORMER BOYFRIEND D (GO TO 1330)
FRIEND E (GO TO 1330)
NEIGHBOR F (GO TO 1330)
RELIGIOUS LEADER G (GO TO 1330)
DOCTOR OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL H (GO TO 1330)
POLICE I (GO TO 1330)
LAWYER J (GO TO 1330)
SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATION K (GO TO 1330)
DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER L (GO TO 1330)
TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY/CHIEF M (GO TO 1330)
EMPLOYER/SOMEONE AT WORK N (GO TO 1330)
OTHER (SPECIFY) X (GO TO 1330)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, sought help from social welfare officer
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
DVHSOCWEL indicates whether the respondent sought help from a district social welfare officer or center to stop the physical or sexual abuse.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Help sought for abuse Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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