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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May 14, 2020

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Husband tries to limit her contact with family (W_DVCFAMILY)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1052

End: 1052

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1103. First, I am going to ask you about some situations which happen to some women. Please tell me if these apply to your relationship with your (last) husband/partner?

a) He (is/was) jealous or angry if you (talk/talked) to other men?
b) He frequently (accuses/accused) you of being unfaithful?
c) He (does/did) not permit you to meet your female friends?
d) He (tries/tried) to limit your contact with your family?
e) He (insists/insisted) on knowing where you (are/were) at all times?
f) He (does/did) not trust you with any money?
g) He (refuses/refused) or (denies/denied) to have sexual intercourse with you?

JEALOUS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

ACCUSES

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

NOT MEET FRIENDS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

NO FAMILY

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

WHERE YOU ARE

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MONEY

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Value	Category
0	No, this is not a problem
1	Yes, limits contact with her family
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and had ever been married, DVCFAMILY (D101D) indicates whether their husband tried to limit their contact with family.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Domestic violence from partner/husband Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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