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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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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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Beating justified if: Wife neglects the children (M_DVANEGKIDMN)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 670
End: 670
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
802 Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife/partner does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations
a) If she goes out without telling him?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

b) If she neglects the children?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

c) If she argues with him?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

d) If she refuses to have sex with him?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

e) If she burns the food?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

f) If she is unfaithful and has sex with other men?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 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
DVANEGKIDMN (MV744B) indicates whether the male respondent believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she neglects the children.

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