Ghana - Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2006, MICS Round 1

Reference ID

DDI-GHA-GSS-MICS-2006-v1.0

Year

2006

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) - Office of the President

Sponsor(s)

United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - Financial and technical assistance
(US) President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - PEPFAR - Financial and technical assistance
Dutch Government - - Financial and technical assistance

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Apr 16, 2009

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Reason for a husband hitting/beating wife: If she refuses sex with him (DV1D)
File: Women

Overview

Type: Continuous
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimals: 0
Range: 1-9

Valid cases: 5889
Invalid: 3896
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9

Questions and instructions

Literal question

DVIC. 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 if she argues with him?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Yes	1295	22.0%
2	No	4488	76.2%
8	DK	105	1.8%
9	Missing	1	0.0%

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.