Demographic Health Survey 2005

Rwanda, 2005

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RWA-NISR-DHS-2005-v01

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

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Demography and Health Statistics

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Wife beating justified if she argues with him (V744C)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 11310

Valid (weighted): 11309.346

Invalid: 229

Invalid (weighted): 11.654

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 553

End: 553

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V13193

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	Weighted
0	No	10245	10123	89.5%
1	Yes	733	829	7.3%
8	Don't know	332	358	3.2%
9		11	12
Sysmiss		218	0

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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