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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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Physical abuse by others: Boyfriend (W_DVOBF)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 837
End: 837
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
705 Can you tell me who has done this to you? Anyone else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED
PROBE IF NOT MENTIONED

CURRENT HUSBAND/PARTNER A
FORMER HUSBAND/PARTNER B
BOYFRIEND C
FATHER D
BROTHER E
SON F
DAUGHTER G
MOTHER H
FATHER-IN-LAW I
MOTHER-IN-LAW J
OTHER MALE RELATIVE K
OTHER FEMALE RELATIVE L
MANAGER/FOREMAN/EMPLOYER M
ASSAILANT N
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____________________ X
NO ANSWER Y
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
DVOBF indicates whether the woman has experienced physical violence from her boyfriend (current or past).

Most surveys include separate response categories for current and former boyfriends, which can be found in the following variables:
Current boyfriend is listed as DVOBFNOW (D115K) in IPUMS-DHS
Former boyfriend is listed as DVOBFPAST (D115L) in IPUMS-DHS

concept

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