Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Number of Wives in the Household
Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Number of Wives in the Household
The Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Number of Wives in the Household includes 3 items from the Women's Questionnaire to assess whether the respondent is the sole wife in the household or if her husband has multiple wives. Items include the the total number of wives or live-in partners, and the order of the wives. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original questionnaire located here.
Short Measure
Multi-Country
ITEMS:
1. Does your (husband/partner) have other wives or does he live with other women as if married?
Response Options:
Yes
No
Don’t know
2. Including yourself, in total, how many wives or live-in partners does he have?
Response Options:
Total number of wives and live-in partners (2-digit numeric)
Don’t know
3. Are you the first, second,…wife?
Response Options:
Rank (2-digit numeric)
Don’t know
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
Angola
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cote d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
Rwanda
Senegal
The Gambia
Zimbabwe
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Adults
Scoring Procedures:
Not Applicable
PRIMARY CITATION:
Demographic and Health Surveys (2019). Demographic and Health Surveys: Women's Questionnaire. https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-DHSQ8-DHS-Questionnaires-and-Manuals.cfm
Pyschometric Score:
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-retest
Interrater
Content
Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
Psychometric Scoring
Total Score: 0.00/10 Points (NO DATA)
Citation Frequency
KEY
FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
