Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2005

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Reference ID

SEN_2005_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Centre de Recherche pour le Développement Humain [Sénégal] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Attitude to wife beating: Justified if woman goes out without telling him (W_DVAGOOUT)

Data file: SEN2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1004

End: 1004

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

721. Sometimes, a husband gets upset or angry because a certain things his wife does. In your opinion, is a husband justified in beating or hitting his wife in the following situations:

If she goes out without telling him?
If she neglects her children?
If she argues with him?
If she refuses to have sexual intercourse with him?
If she burns the food?

GOES OUT

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

NEGLECTS CHILDREN

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

ARGUES

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
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

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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