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Demographic and Health Survey, 2008
Fifth Round

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA-NPC-DHS-2008-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: 33270
Invalid: 1326
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 725
End: 725
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 26404
79.4%
1 Yes 5755
17.3%
8 Don't know 1111
3.3%
9 Missing 115
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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