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Household-Violence

Domestic Violence Survey, 2005

West Bank and Gaza, 2005 - 2006
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Reference ID
PSE-PCBS-DVS-2005-V1.0
Producer(s)
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Collections
Household Violence
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Dec 24, 2019
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Strangling or tried to strangle during the period perceding 2005 (WS12C)

Data file: Cont Data for Ever married women

Overview

Valid: 3666
Valid (weighted): 3652.214
Invalid: 119
Invalid (weighted): 133.535
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 2
Format: Numeric
Weighted variable: V265

Questions and instructions

Literal question
specify how many times you strangling or tried to strangle during the period perceding 2005
Categories
Value Category Cases Weighted
1 yes 49 50
1.3%
2 no 3617 3602
95.2%
Sysmiss 119 134
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.
Interviewer instructions
: The code of the answer should be noted by selecting the appropriate number of the answer below in order to answer the questions about current year in columns B; Yes or No should be used to answer questions in column C for the year preceding 2005

Description

Definition
Domestic violence Violence is any act or intended act of a household member against another member for the purpose of causing psychological or physical harm or any other types of pain and abuse. The study discussed different types of psychological, physical, and sexual violence practiced by the household members against each other. It is worth mentioning that other sources use terms like abuse, assault, and aggression and other terms and concepts to describe different types of violence and harm-causing. The concepts may slightly differ; however, they mean the same with respect to causing harm, psychological, and physical assaults. The study uses the term violence to illustrate all types of assaults and harm-causing.
Universe
·Ever-married women aged (15-64) Years
·Children aged (5-17) Years
·Unmarried women aged (18 years and over)
·Elderly 65 years and Over
Source of information
Person from household

Imputation and derivation

Imputation
Field data checks was done in two stages; the supervisor would edit the completed questionnaire in the field before it was sent to an editor who would send the questionnaire back to the filed for correcting mistakes if any mistakes were found
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