Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS5) 2016
Fifth round

Nigeria, 2016 - 2017

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NGA-NBS-MICS5-2016-v01

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National Bureau of Statistics (NBS),

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If she neglects the children: wife beating justified (DV1B)

Data file: INDIVIDUAL WOMEN MODULE

Overview

Valid: 34376

Invalid: 1800

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 298

End: 298

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

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:

Literal question

[B] If she neglects the children?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	7180	20.9%
2	No	26635	77.5%
8	DK	535	1.6%
9	Missing	26	0.1%
Sysmiss		1800

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.

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