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Demographic and Health Survey 2013 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2013
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NGA_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Abuse of widow: In-laws demand proof of innocence of killing husband (B_DVWPROOF)

Data file: NGA2013-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1132
End: 1132
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1330B) Have you ever faced the following as a result of the death of your husband?

a) Did your late husband's relatives blame you for his death?

YES 1
NO 2

b) Did your late husband's relatives physically or verbally abuse you?

YES 1
NO 2

c) Did your late husband's relatives maltreat you?

YES 1
NO 2

d) Did your late husband's relatives maltreat your children?

YES 1
NO 2

e) Did your late husband's relatives demand that you carry out any cultural practice to prove your innocence of his death or otherwise?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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

Definition
For widowed women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, DVWPROOF indicates whether their late husbands' relatives ever demanded that they prove their innocence in his death.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Physical abuse from others Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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