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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1988
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Reference ID
ZWE_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc. (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Woman can decide use of her earnings (W_DECUSEARN)

Data file: ZWE1988-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 367
End: 367
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
720) When you are working for money, do you decide how all of the money you earn will be used, how some of it will be used, or does someone else decide how your earnings will be used?

DECIDES ABOUT ALL 1 (GO TO 723)
DECIDES ABOUT SOME 2 (GO TO 723)
SOMEONE ELSE DECIDES 3 (GO TO 723)
Categories
Value Category
1 Decides how all will be used
2 Decides how part will be used
3 Someone else decides
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
DECUSEARN reports whether the respondent decides how all of the money she earns will be used, how some of it will be used, or if someone else decides how her earnings will be used.

The related variable DECFEMEARN (V739) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding how her earnings are spent.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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