Demographic Health Survey 2010

Rwanda, 2010 - 2011

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RWA-NISR-DHS-2010-v01

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda NISR

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Demography and Health Statistics

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Beating justified if wife argues with husband (V744C)

Data file: Woman

Overview

Valid: 13646

Invalid: 144

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 596

End: 596

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	9184	67.3%
1	Yes	4364	32%
8	Don't know	98	0.7%
9		25
Sysmiss		119

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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