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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 goes out without telling him (V744a)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 7614
Invalid: 371
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 660
End: 660
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 goes out without telling him?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 3675
48.3%
1 Yes 3756
49.3%
8 Don't know 183
2.4%
9 Missing 6
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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