Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence
Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence
The Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence includes 5 items from the Women's Questionnaire to capture whether the respondent believes physical partner violence is defensible in any of the listed situations. 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 women’s questionnaire located here.
Short Measure
Multi-Country
ITEMS:
In your opinion, is a husband justified in hitting or beating his wife in the following situations:
1. If she goes out without telling him?
2. If she neglects the children?
3. If she argues with him?
4. If she refuses to have sex with him?
5. If she burns the food?
Response Options:
Yes
No
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
