Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004

Reference ID

LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Final say on household purchases for daily needs (M_DECDAILYPURMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 400

End: 401

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

SECTION 8. ATTITUDES TOWARDS GENDER ROLES

801 In a couple, who do you think should have the greater say in each of the following decisions: the husband, the wife or both equally:
a) making large household purchases?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

b) making small daily household purchases?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

c) deciding when to visit family, friends or relatives?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

d) deciding what to do with the money she earns for her work?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

e) deciding how many children to have and when to have them?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

f) deciding on family planning

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

Value	Category
10	Man alone
20	Man and wife/partner
30	Man and someone else
40	Wife/partner alone
50	Someone else
90	Other/not applicable
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

DECDAILYPURMN (MV743C) indicates who in the man's household usually makes decisions regarding household purchases for daily needs.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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