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Demographic and Health Survey 2013 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2013
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NAM_2013_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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The Nambia Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman argues with him (B_DVAARGUE)

Data file: NAM2013-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1039
End: 1039
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
826) 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 friendly with other men?

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
DVAARGUE (V744C) indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she argues with him.

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