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Demographic and Health Survey, 2003
Fourth Round

Nigeria, 2003
Reference ID
NGA-NPC-DHS-2003-v1.0
Producer(s)
National Population Commission (NPC)
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Wife beating justified if she burns the food (V744e)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 7613
Invalid: 372
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 664
End: 664
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
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 burns the food?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 5182
68.1%
1 Yes 2224
29.2%
8 Don't know 207
2.7%
9 Missing 7
Sysmiss 365
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

Universe
All eligible women
Source of information
Respondent
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