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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-v1.0
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National Population Commission (NPC)
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Wife beating justified if she goes out without telling him (V744a)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 33291
Invalid: 1305
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 721
End: 721
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 20973
63%
1 Yes 11398
34.2%
8 Don't know 920
2.8%
9 Missing 94
Sysmiss 1211
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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All eligible women
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