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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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If wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: Refuse financial support (M_NOSEXNOCASHOK)

Data file: LSO2004-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 604
End: 604
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
805 Do you think that if a woman refuses to have sex with her husband when he wants her to, he has the right to
a) Get angry and reprimand her?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

b) Refuse to give her money or other means of financial support?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

c) Use force and have sex with her even if she doesn't want to?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

d) Go and have sex with another woman?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8
Categories
Value Category
1 No
7 Don't know, it depends
8 Yes
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
NOSEXNOCASHOK (MV634B) indicates whether the man believes that, if a wife refuses to have sex, her husband has the right to refuse her financial support. This variable was one of a series of variables examining male respondents' views about "husband's rights."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Sexual attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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