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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 argues with him (V744c)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 7604
Invalid: 381
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 662
End: 662
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 argues with him?
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 No 4216
55.4%
1 Yes 3172
41.7%
8 Don't know 216
2.8%
9 Missing 16
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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