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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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Created on
Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
May 14, 2020
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Ever experienced any severe violence (W_DVPMSEVER)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1096
End: 1096
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1105. A (Does/did) your (last) husband/partner ever do any of the following things to you:

a) push you, shake you, or throw something at you?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2

b) slap you?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2

c) twist your arm or pull your hair?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2

d) punch you with his fist or with something that could hurt you?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2

e) kick you, drag you or beat you up?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2

f) try to choke you or burn you on purpose?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2

g) threaten or attack you with a knife, gun, or any other weapon?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2

h) physically force you to have sexual intercourse with him even when you did not want to?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2

i) force you to perform any sexual acts you did not want to?

YES 1 (TO B)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
For women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module and were ever married or lived with a man, DVPMSEVER (D107) indicates whether the woman ever experienced "more severe" violence from her husband/partner. The specific acts that are considered "more severe" vary across samples. See the "Comparability" tab for more information.

The complementary variable DVPLSEVER indicates a woman's experience with "less severe" violence from a husband or partner.

concept

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