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

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Household Violence

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Dec 24, 2019

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Left home and went to a relative's (uncle, aunt, etc.) home for few of weeks or months (WD08A)

Data file: Cont Data for Ever married women

Overview

Valid: 2584

Valid (weighted): 2582.233

Invalid: 1201

Invalid (weighted): 1203.516

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 3

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V265

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Have you been to any of the following or used any of the following ways to seek help due to your husband's attack? Left home and went to a relative's (uncle, aunt, etc.) home for few of weeks or months

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	Yes	35	42	1.1%
2	No	2542	2533	66.9%
3	Not applicable	7	7	0.2%
Sysmiss		1201	1204

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 following questions are made for the women who answered options 2-7 of section B and those who answered Yes to section C to any of the questions of WA. Now we ask you about the different ways used by women to face their husband's attacks against them.

The code of the answer should be noted by selecting the appropriate number below.

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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