Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1992

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Reference ID

EGY_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Council [Egypt] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Woman allowed to go out alone or with kids (C_DECGOOUT)

Data file: EGY1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 503

End: 503

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

516. Does (did) your husband allow you to go out alone (or with your children) to buy household items or visit relatives?

YES, ALONE 1
YES, WITH CHILDREN 2
NOT ALLOWED TO GO OUT 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 4

Categories

Value	Category
0	No, not allowed out alone
1	Yes, can leave home alone
2	Yes, can leave home with children
6	Other
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

DECGOOUT indicates whether the woman's husband allows her to leave the household alone or with her children.

The related variable DVAGOOUT asks whether wife beating is justified if the wife goes out without telling her husband.

concept

Concept

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

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