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Population and Family Health Survey 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2012
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JOR_2012_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics [Jordan] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman commits infidelity (C_DVACHEAT)

Data file: JOR2012-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 944
End: 944
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 burns the food?
If she insults him?
If she disobeys him?
If she argues with him?
If she has relation with another man?

GOES OUT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NEGLECTS CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

BURNS FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

INSULTS

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

DISOBEYS

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ARGUES

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ANOTHER MAN

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 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
DVACHEAT indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she commits infidelity.

concept

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