Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009

Reference ID

MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman refused to have sex (W_DVAIFNOSEX)

Data file: MDG2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1056

End: 1056

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

828. 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
DOESN'T KNOW 8

NEGLECTS THE CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

ARGUES WITH HIM

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

BURNS FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

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

Description

Definition

DVAIFNOSEX (V744D) indicates whether the woman believes a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she refuses to have sex with him.

concept

Concept

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

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