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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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Reference ID
NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman goes out without telling him (C_DVAGOOUT)

Data file: NPL2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1010
End: 1010
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
932. In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations:
a) If she goes out without telling him?
b) If she neglects the children?
c) If she argues with him?
d) If she refuses to have sex with him?
e) If she burns the food?
f) If she brings less or brings no dowry?

A) GOES OUT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

B) NEGLECTS CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

C) ARGUES

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

D) REFUSES SEX

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

E) BURNS FOOD

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

F) LESS/NO DOWRY

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
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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