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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Physically hurt by anyone other than husband (W_DVOANY)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 831
End: 831
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
703 Over the last year, has anyone ever kicked, bitten, slapped, hit you with a fist, threaten you with a weapon, such as a knife, a stick, or a gun, or thrown something at you?

YES 1 (GO TO 705)
NO 2
NO ANSWER 3
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Refused / no response
1 Yes, physically hurt by someone else
0 No
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 women who were randomly selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, DVOANY (D115Y) indicates whether anyone other than the woman's husband/partner had slapped, hit, kicked, or otherwise physically hurt her since age 15.

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