Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Congo, Dem. Rep., 2007

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Reference ID

COD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministère du Plan [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et Macro International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman goes out without telling him (B_DVAGOOUT)

Data file: COD2007-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 916

End: 916

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

721) Sometimes a husband is annoyed or angered by things that his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations:

If she goes out without telling him?
If she neglects the children?
If she argues with him?
If she refuses to have sex with him?
If she burns the food?

GOES OUT

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

NEGLECTS CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

ARGUES

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

BURNS THE FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

DVAGOOUT (V744A) indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she goes out without telling him.

concept

Concept

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

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