IPUMS DHS: descr: DVHNOREFUSED

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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DVHNOREFUSED (DVHNOREFUSED)

Reason never sought help: Refused/no answer

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DVHNOREFUSED indicates whether the woman refused to answer an open-ended question about why she did not seek help for physical or sexual abuse.

DVHNOREFUSED has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

DVHNOREFUSED is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire or domestic violence module.

Pakistan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 who were selected and interviewed for the domestic violence module, and who have experienced physical violence since age 15, while pregnant, or at any time from their current/former husband, or sexual violence at any time, and who never told anyone about the violence.

Pakistan: 2017-W, 2017-C, 2017-B, 2017-W