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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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Reference ID
GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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If wife refuses to have sex, husband has right to: Refuse financial support (M_NOSEXNOCASHOK)

Data file: GHA2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 713
End: 713
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
616. 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 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) 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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