Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., 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: Use force for sex (M_NOSEXFORCEOK)

Data file: IND2005-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 650

End: 650

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

705. 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?
b. Refuse to give her money or other means of financial support?
c. Use force and have sex with her even if she doesn't want to?
d. Go and have sex with another woman?

ANGRY

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

REFUSE SUPPORT

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

USE FORCE

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

SEX WITH OTHER WOMEN

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know, it depends
8	Missing

Description

Definition

NOSEXFORCEOK (MV634C) indicates whether the man believes that, if a wife refuses to have sex, her husband has the right to use force to secure unwanted sex with her. 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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