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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Beating justified if: Wife burns food (M_DVABURNFOODMN)

Data file: LSO2009-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 697
End: 697
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
615 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?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she neglects the children?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she argues with him?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she refuses to have sex with him?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she burns the food?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

If she is unfaithful and has sex with other men?

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
DVABURNFOODMN (MV744E) indicates whether the male respondent believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she burns the food.

concept

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